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Intimate  in  Character 
International  in  Scope 
Independent    in    Thought 


Vf^74,  NO.  1 


NEW  YORK,  FRIDAY,  JULY  1,  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


"Non-Gambling"  Movie  Games  Face  Philly 


U.  S.  FIRMS'  1937  AUSTRALIAN  NET,  H 

IATSE  to  Press  for  Annual  Wage-Employment  Program 


Browne  to  Present  Proposal  at 

N.  Y.  Basic  Agreement 

Confabs 

By  RALPH  WILK 

West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Los  Angeles — Plans  to  spread  em- 
ployment and  salaries  over  a  yearly 
period  will  be  discussed  at  coming 
basic  agreement  conferences  be- 
tween producers  and  representatives 
of  IATSE  in  New  York,  according 
to  statement  issued  here  by  George 
E.  Browne,  IATSE  president. 

Browne  praised  Joseph  M.  Schenck, 
chairman  of  the  motion  picture  Pro- 
ducers Association  "for  his  untiring 
efforts    in    furthering    the    laudable 

(Continued  on   Page  3) 


ULIAC  AND  306  SAID 
SIGNING  PEACE  PACT 


After  a  protracted  court  battle,  it 
was  reported  yesterday  that  Local 
306,  Operators  Union,  had  concluded 
an  oral  agreement  with  United  Long 
Island  Amusement  Corp.  by  the 
terms  of  which  six  operators  dis- 
charged last  fall  will  be  rehired  Sun- 
day with  a  50  per  cent  wage  increase. 
Agreement    also    provides    that    the 

(Continued  on  Page   5) 

Canadian  Copyright  Bill 

Is  Killed  by  Committee 

Ottawa — The  House  of  Commons 
banking  committee  in  a  report  ta- 
bled in  the  House  referred  the  ques- 
tion of  whether  there  were  abuses 
under  the  Copyright  Act  to  the 
Secretary  of  State  Department  for 

(Continued  on  Page  6) 


Bernhard  Honored 

Gov.  Harry  Moore  of  New  Jersey  has 
appointed  Joseph  Bernhard,  general 
manager  of  Warner  Bros.  Theaters, 
chairman  of  the  Commission  on  Relief 
and  Taxation  for  the  state.  The  Com- 
mission was  created  at  the  recent  ses- 
sion of  the  Legislature. 


Distrib.  Committee  Moving  Forward — Kent 

The  recently  formed  committee  of  major  sales  representatives  is  moving  forward 
with  the  hope  that  it  can  delve  into  industry  problems  without  delay,  Sidney  R.  Kent, 
chairman,  said  yesterday.  No  definite  time  has  been  set  for  the  first  meeting  between 
exhibitors  and.  the  committee,  Kent  stated,  but  he  added  that  the  group  "will  try 
to  be   in  shape  when   the  call   goes  out." 


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exican  rroaucers  rress  uemands 
That  2  Unions  Readjust  Salaries 


By  MARCO-AURELIO  GALINDO 

FILM  DAILY  Staff  Correspondent 
Mexico,  D.  F. — While  native  stu- 
dios are  fast  resuming  production 
activities,  the  Asociacion  Mexicana 
de  Productores  de  Peliculas  (Mexi- 
can Association  of  Motion  Picture 
Producers)  is  complicating  the  dis- 
pute between  the  Union  de  Traba- 
jadores  de  Estudios  Cinematografi- 
cos  de  Mexico  (Union  of  Motion  Pic' 


ture  Studio  Workers  of  Mexico)  and 
the  Federacion  Nacional  de  Traba- 
jadores  de  la  Industria  Cinemato- 
grafica  de  Mexico  (National  Fed- 
eration of  Workers  of  the  Mexican 
Motion  Picture  Industry)  by  a  se- 
ries  of  demands. 

The  Association  is  asking  both 
labor  organizations  that:  1,  an  open 
shop    working    basis    be    established 

(Continued  on   Page   7) 


Never  Ruled  SP  Contract  Valid,  Says  NLRB  Exec. 


West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Los  Angeles  —  William  Walsh, 
regional  counsel  for  the  National 
Labor  Relations  Board,  yesterday 
denied  a  report  that  he  had  stated 
that  the  five-year  agreement  be- 
tween the  screen  playwrights,  Inc., 
and  major  studios  is  valid  and  can- 
not be  nullified  by  the  writers  elec- 
tion. 

Walsh  declared  he  has  never  seen 


the  contract  nor  has  question  of  its 
validity  been  presented  to  him  or 
the  NLRB.  He  further  declared  such 
a  question  would  involve  another 
protracted  hearing  before  NLRB. 

A  spokesman  for  the  screen  play- 
wrights said  the  organization  was 
confident  that  the  contracts  will  be 
upheld,  regardless  of  the  SWG's 
victory  in  the  bargaining  agency 
election. 


Philly  Mayor  Overrules  Legal  Aide 
Forcing     Non-Gambling     Games  Test 


GN  Plan  of  Freedman-Hale 
Ready;  Principals  Leaving 

Herman  B.  Freedman  and  Frank 
J.  Hale,  executives  of  the  recently 
formed  Film  Corp.  of  America,  leave 
for  Hollywood  tomorrow  to  submit 
their  plan  for  the  reorganization  of 
Grand  National.  Freedman  said 
yesterday  the  plan  was  completed 
(Continued  ott  Page  5) 


Philadelphia — Overriding  the  opin- 
ion of  his  close  friend  and  legal  ad- 
visor, City  Solicitor  Joseph  Sharf- 
sin,  Mayor  Wilson  yesterday  de- 
clared that  he  would  force  a  court 
test  of  the  legality  of  Hollywood 
Movie  Star  Party  and  other  alleged 
non-gambling  movie  games  devel- 
oped to  supplant  the  banned  Bingo 
and  others. 

Because  the  new  games,  including 

(Continued  on  Page  3) 


Film    Rentals    for    the    Year 

Aggregated  10  Millions, 

Audit  Discloses 

Sydney  (By  Cable)  —  Australian 
theater  operators  paid  an  aggregate 
of  $10,000,000  in  film  rentals  in  1937, 
according  to  audited  figures  of  all 
U.  S.  distribs.  disclosed  by  Sir  Vic- 
tor Wilson,  president  of  the  Motion 
Picture  Distributors  Association  of 
Australia. 

Local  charges,  including  duty, 
primage,  exchange  differences  of  25 
per  cent,  operating  costs,  salaries, 
advertising  and  taxes,  totaled  $5,- 
650,000,  leaving  $4,350,000  to  be  di- 
vided by  the  American  distribs. 

Sir  Victor  points  out  that  individ- 
ual pix  might  not  earn  $10,000  for 
the  producer  in  Australia. 

UAEXPECTSSELZNICK 
TO  MAKE  2  MORE  PIX 


David  O.  Selznick  probably  will 
make  two  additional  pictures  for 
United  Artists'  1938-39  program, 
George  J.  Schaefer,  vice-president, 
said  yesterday.  No  official  advice 
has  been  received  from  the  Coast, 
Schaefer  said,  but  he  expressed  the 
opinion  Selznick  would  make  four 
pictures  for  UA  release  instead  of 
two  as  announced  for  the  season's 
lineup. 


Pennsylvania  44-Hour  Law 
Ruled  Out  by  High  Court 

Philadelphia  —  The  Pennsylvania 
Supreme  Court  yesterday  declared 
the  State's  44-hour  week  statute  un- 
constitutional. The  court  affirmed 
the  decision  of  the  Dauphin  County 

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No  Paper  July  4 

In  observance  of  the  national  holiday, 
Independence  Day,  there  will  be  no 
edition  of  THE  FILM  DAILY  on  Mon- 
day. Correspondents- will  govern  them- 
selves  accordingly. 


P/v 


Friday,  July  1,  19 


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"LLOYDS  FOR  SECURITY" 

Specialists    for    2 J    years    in    the    t forage 
of  valuable  film. 

LLOYDS  FILM  STORAGE  CORP. 

729  Seventh  Ave.  New  York  City 

Telephone  BRyant  9-5600 


Astor  as  "Marie  Antoinette"  Museum 

The  Astor  Theater  on  Broadway  becomes  a  museum  on  July  10  when  historical 
exhibits  in  connection  with  "Marie  Antoinette"  will  be  displayed.  Stunt  is  an  advance 
plug  for  the  picture  which  opens  a  road  show  engagement  at  the  Astor  in  August. 
Costumes  worn  in  the  picture,  period  furniture  and  other  articles  of  interest  will  be  ex- 
hibited.    Idea  was  conceived  by  Howard  Dietz,  M-G-M's  advertising  and  publicity  chief. 


Passage  of  Ohio  Admish 

Tax  Measure  is  Forecast 


Columbus,  O. — Final  passage  of 
the  admissions,  utilities  excise  and 
beverage  taxes  seemed  likely  as 
leaders  of  the  Ohio  House  and  Sen- 
ate agreed  on  a  new  compromise 
plan  which  is  expected  to  end  the 
deadlock  which  developed  after  six 
weeks   in   special   session. 

The  agreement  reached  by  leaders 
in  both  branches,  contains  as  its 
keystone  a  provision  to  enable  po- 
litical subdivisions  to  borrow  80  per 
cent  of  anticipated  1939-1941  reve- 
nues from  these  taxes,  the  proceeds 
to  aid  the  needy  during  the  rest  of 
1938.  The  deadlock  followed  Senate 
rejection  of  a  House  demand  to  in- 
crease from  70  to  90  per  cent  the 
permitted   anticipations. 

The  Joint  Conference  Committee 
is  expected  to  submit  the  program 
to  both  houses  tonight.  The  House 
has  been  pledged  to  pass  two  Senate 
bills  in  order  to  obtain  the  upper 
chamber's  concession  of  the  tax  an- 
ticipation increase.  The  new  tax 
measure  would  provide  about  $12,- 
240,000,  it  is  claimed. 


Pittsburgh  Hears  Cullen 

Will  Be  Loew  Dist.  Mgr. 

Pittsburgh — Detachment  of  Mike 
Cullen.  managing  director  of  Loew's 
Penn  here,  for  special  assignment 
duty,  announced  in  New  York  on 
Wednesday  by  Joseph  R.  Vogel,  ex- 
ecutive in  charge  of  out-of-town 
Loew  theaters,  is  a  prelude  to  his 
appointment  as  district  manager,  it 
was  reported  here  last  night. 

The  territory  Cullen  will  super- 
vise is  yet  to  be  announced.  He  is 
head  of  the  Pittsburgh  Managers' 
Association,  and  nationally  known 
in  theater  circles. 


FitzPatrick  Completes 

English  Co.  Liquidation 

Liquidation  of  FitzPatrick  Pic- 
tures, Ltd.,  English  company  of 
James  A.  FitzPatrick,  producer  of 
M-G-M's  TravelTalk  series,  has  been 
completed,  and  no  further  plans  for 
production  there  are  being  contem- 
plated at  the  present  time,  it  was 
learned  yesterday  at  the  FitzPatrick 
office. 

FitzPatrick  and  his  bride  arrive 
here  Monday  on  the  Queen  Mary 
after  a  combined  honeymoon  and 
business  trip  to  England. 

It  was  announced  that  FitzPatrick 
who  will  produce  12  Travel  Talks  for 
M-G-M  this  year  has  set  "Island  of 
Madeira"  as  the  first  release. 

The  producer,  returning  will  con- 
centrate on  editing  the  material 
gathered  on  his  recent  world  cruise, 
it  was  said. 


Keller-Dorian  Color  Pix 

to  be  Produced  in  France 


First  feature  picture  to  be  made 
with  Keller-Dorian  color  will  be 
placed  in  production  this  month  in 
France  by  Albert  N.  Chaperau,  co- 
producer  of  "Mayerling."  Chaperau 
said  yesterday  that  he  planned  to 
leave  for  Europe  next  week  on  the 
He  de  France  and  would  remain  un- 
til the  picture  was  started.  A  story 
has  not  been  selected  officially. 

Chaperau  also  revealed  that  he 
and  George  Quigley  have  taken  a 
one-year  option  for  the  purchase  of 
the  Keller-Dorian  company  and  that 
the  option  expires  May  1,  1939.  Un- 
der the  process,  he  said,  color  can  be 
photographed  on  one  negative  and 
he  expressed  the  opinion  that  the 
one-negative  system  eventually  will 
be  adopted  universally. 


Para.  Gets  $700  Counsel 

Fees  In  Gorman  Action 


Paramount  Pictures,  Inc.,  has 
been  awarded  $700  counsel  fees  by 
Judge  Harry  Holzer  of  U.  S.  Dis- 
trict Court  in  handing  down  a  de- 
cision against  Richard  J.  Gorman, 
who  instituted  plagiarism  proceed- 
ings against  the  film  producing  or- 
ganization. 

Gorman  alleged  that  the  Para- 
mount production  "The  Old  Fash- 
ioned Way"  constituted  plagiarism 
of  his  play  "Soubrette".  Trial  took 
place  in  February  at  which  time 
William  LeBaron,  managing  direc- 
tor of  production  for  Paramount, 
and  W.  C.  Fields,  comedy  star,  tes- 
tified for  the  defense. 

Jacob  Karp  was  attorney  for 
Paramount  and  Alan  Franklin  rep- 
resented the  plaintiff. 

Hold  AM  PA  Awards  Luncheon 
at  Waldorf-Astoria  July  14 

AMPA  will  wind  up  its  activities 
for  the  summer  on  July  14  when  the 
annual  awards  will  be  made.  Event 
will  take  place  at  a  luncheon  in 
the  Sert  Room  of  the  Waldorf-As- 
toria. 

All  ballots  are  now  in  and  are  be- 
ing kept  secret,  it  was  said  yester- 
day. Awards  will  go  to  the  best 
box-office  picture,  oustanding  cam- 
paigns by  the  film  companies,  best 
drawing  star  and  the  best  news  cov- 
erage on  pictures  as  determined  by 
a  poll  of  exhibitors  throughout  the 
country. 


Roemhelds'  Father  Dead 

Milwaukee — Henry  F.  W.  Roem- 
held,  73,  father  of  Heinz  and  Edgar, 
both  associated  with  Warner  Bros. 
in  Hollywood,  died  June  27  follow- 
ing a  seven-week  illness.  Other  sur- 
vivors include  his  wife,  and  a  daugh- 
ter. 


cominG  nriD  go  in 


SIDNEY  R.  KENT,  president  of  20th-F 
and  MRS.  KENT,  leave  today  for  the  Rang 
Lakes,    in    Maine,    for   a    five-week    stay. 

GEORGE  W.  WEEKS,  general  sales  mana 
for  Monogram,  arrived  in  Los  Angeles  v«st 
day  on   his   tour  of  the   company's   mid\  a} 

Coast   exchanges. 

DAVID     ROSE,     Paramount    executive,    arri 
here    over    the    weekend,    en    route    to    Engl; 
where  he  will   take  over  his  new  post  as   lia 
exec. 

JESSE  LASKY  arrives  in  Hollywood  today  af 
several    weeks    in    New    York. 

WESLEY  RUGGLES,  Paramount  director,  I 
arrived  in  New  York  from  the  Coast,  acco 
panied  by  CLAUDE  BINYON,  Paramount  writ 
after  completing  work  on  a  new  picture  w 
Bing  Crosby,  entitled  "The  Unholy  Beebe 
Ruggles  sails  for  Europe  on  the  Nieuw  Amsti 
dam. 

WALT    DISNEY    and    MRS.    DISNEY    leave 
the   Coast   tonight  on   the   Century. 

WILLIAM  C.  GEHRING,  20th-Fox  cent 
division    manager,    is    in    Detroit. 

BEN  F.  JUDELL,  head  of  Progressive  P 
tures,  now  in  Chicago,  leaves  for  the  Co. 
next  Tuesday. 

SHIRLEY  TEMPLE,  and  her  parents,  arri 
in   New   York   on   Monday. 

LELAND  HAYWARD  and  his  wife,  MARGAR 
SULLAVAN,  arrived  in  New  York  yesterday  f re  < 
the  Coast. 

WILLIAM  SUSSMAN,  Eastern  division  mana; 
for  20th-Fox,   returns   from   Boston   today. 

EDDIE  CANTOR  arrives  in  New  York  tod<- 
en   route  to   Europe. 

JOHN  GARFIELD  has  returned  to  the  Co; 
after   a    New   York   vacation. 

CHARLES  HALTON,  actor,  returns  to  Ne 
York  today  after  appearing  in  several  pictur 
on   the  Coast. 

RUSSEL  CROUSE  and  HOWARD  LINDS/ 
leave  shortly  for  a  six  weeks'  cruise  to  ti 
North    Cape. 

HERMAN  B.  FREEDMAN,  bankers  represent, 
five,  and  FRANK  J.  HALE,  president  of  t 
National  Grain  Yeast  Co.,  leave  for  the  Coa 
tomorrow. 

ROBERT  GRAHAM,  Paramount  sales  represei 
tative  in  Panama,  leaves  for  Cuba  and  Panan 
tomorrow. 

LOUIS  BERNSTEIN,  head  of  Shapiro-Ben 
stein  Music  Co.,  is  en  route  to  Europe  c 
business. 

GEORGE  W.  GOMAN  sails  for  Europe  Ju 
12  on  the  De  Grasse,  not  on  July  2  as  pre 
viously    reported. 

FRANCES     FARMER    and    her    husband,     LE 
ERIKSON,    have    returned    to    the   Coast   after 
lengthy    stay    in    New    York    where    they    boi 
appeared    in   stage    plays. 

ALINE  MacMAHON  leaves  for  the  Coa: 
next   week. 


100  at  Shirley  Luncheon 

Chicago — More    than    100    leader 
of  the  film  trade  in  this  area  yestei-: 
day  attended  the  farewell  luncheo  ! 
at    the    Blackstone    Hotel    tendere 
to     Sam     Shirley,     M-G-M     distric' 
manager,    who    retired   recently   be 
cause  of  ill  health.     Shirley  will  g 
to  the  West  Coast  for  an  extende 
rest. 


Woman — Many  years  experience  in  motion 
picture  business,  well  versed  in  office  prac- 
tices seeks  position.  Experience  covers 
secretarial  duties  including  mimeograph 
work,  filing,  dictaphone,  statistical  typing, 
as  well  as  manuscript  typing.  Willing 
worker. 

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MAYOR  FORGING  TEST 
OF  GAMES  IN  PHILLY 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

Quizo,  Gueso,  Dart  Shooting,  re- 
quired a  degree  of  knowledge  and 
skill,  Sharfsin  had  ruled  that  they 
we'-^legal,  had  notified  police  dis- 
trict commanders  not  to  interfere 
unless  the  game's  conduct  deviated 
from  the  rules  as  set  forth  in  the 
order. 

The  Mayor,  however,  ordered  po- 
lice to  break  up  any  sporting  ad- 
juncts to  bona-fide  cinema  perform- 
ances, that  the  courts  might  be 
called  upon  the  decide  whether  or 
not  such  games  are  permissible  un- 
der the   anti-gambling   statutes. 


Turnesas'  Golfing  Short 

to  Have  Bermuda  Locale 


RKO  Pathe  Sportscope  short,  re- 
cently put  into  work  with  the  golf- 
ing Turnesa  brothers,  received  a 
change  of  locale  this  week,  with 
most  of  the  original  footage  due  to 
be  replaced  by  new  film  which  will 
be  taken  at  the  Mid  Ocean  Golf 
Course  in  Bermuda,  it  was  learned 
yesterday.  A  Pathe  Sportscope  crew 
and  six  Turnesa's  will  leave  tomor- 
row for  the  British  island. 

Reason  for  scrapping  most  of  orig- 
inal footage  was  said  to  be  due  to 
decision  of  execs,  that  film  did  not 
measure  up  to  par,  with  better  loca- 
tions to  be  had  at  the  island  resort. 
Phil  and  Joe  will  fly  back  late  next 
week  on  the  clipper  in  order  to  get 
here  in  time  to  start  play  in  the 
PGA  Open  at  Shawnee,  Del.  Pix  is 
now  entitled  "Golfing  Brothers." 
Script  was  completely  revised  when 
plans  were  changed. 


Baltimore  Tourney  July  29 

Baltimore  —  Tent  No.  19,  local 
Variety  Club,  is  planning  a  handi- 
cap golf  tourney,  to  be  followed  by 
dinner  and  dance  at  the  Rolling 
Road  Golf  Club  for  July  29.  Bill 
Saxton  of  Loew  theaters  is  general 
chairman,  with  Rodney  Collier,  Pete 
Rome,  Eddie  Jacobs,  Jacques  Shell- 
man,  Henry  C.  Morton  and  Spalding 
Alberts  as  his  aides. 


FACTS 

ABOUT 

FILMS 


During  1936  Jugoslavia  produced  43 
cultural  and  educational  films,  2  news 
films    and    39    advertising    films. 


•  •      •     FAST  WORK in  the  kolyum  of  May  24  we  wrote  on 

Audience   Participation and  made   several  suggestions   as   to  how 

audiences   might   be   brought   into   the   spirit   of   the   picture   they   were 

watching  on  the  screen among  others,  one  idea  we  gave  was  this: 

that  some  smart  producer  would  deliberately  plant  things  in  the  picture 
that  didn't  belong,  or  some  article  of  apparel  worn  by  a  player  that 
was  out  of  place,  just  so  as  to  make  this  Observation  Game  more  in- 
teresting   and  yesterday  Paramount  showed  to  the  trade  reviewers 

in  its  projection  room  a  short  titled  "Find  What's  Wrong" in  which 

boners  to  the  number  of  10  were  made,  the  audience  was  told  about 
them  by  an  announcer,  and  then  invited  to  pick  'em  out  as  the  players 

acted  out  the  skit exactly  the  thought  presented  here  a  month  ago 

great  minds  must  move  in  the  same   channel anyway,  the 

short  has  Novelty  Punch and  gives  the  audience  something  to  do 

beside  just  LOOKING  at  the  screen we  are  now  waiting  for  some 

other  smart  producer  to  grab   the   real  Big  Thought  that  is  planted  in 

that  kolyum  in  question and  when  he  hits  it,  let's  hope  he  will 

share  the  million  he  will  undoubtedly  make  with  the  guy  that  started 
it  all ain't  we  the  Optimist! 

▼  ▼  ▼ 

•  •     •     SMASH    Pressbook turned    out    by    Al    Adams' 

dep't  over  at  Republic  for  "Army  Girl" it  has  a  pop-up  cov- 
er which  opens  up  to  show  an  army  tank  coming  at  you  on  top 
of  an  Action  Cover here  is  a  pressbook  that  gets  its  mes- 
sage over  graphically  before  you  even  look  inside and  that's 

An  Achievement 

▼  T  ▼ 

•  •      •     TIMELY   TIE-UP    that   hits    the    summer   tourist    trade 

negotiated  by   Billy  Ferguson   with   the   Cunard  Line   in   connection   with 

"Lord  Jeff" which   deals   with   the   training   of  boys   for   the   British 

Merchant  Marine a  special  screening  was  given  to  the  steamship 

officials,   travel  agencies   and   ad   concerns as   a  result,   tieups   are 

being  arranged  with  more  than  5.000  agency  representatives  of  Cunard 

White    Star    throughout    the    country a    tieup    with    foreign    exhibs 

through   the   Cook  Bureau and   a   special   window  display   at   the 

Cunard   offices    on   Fifth    Avenue the   film   opened    at    the    Capitol 

yesterday 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     BACHELOR   Dinner  in  honor   of  LeRoy   J.   Furman 

was  given  at  the  Hotel  Delmonico  last  evening he  will  be 

married  on  Saturday  to  Betty  Young,  at  the  Little  Church  Around 

the    Corner Furman   was   formerly   assistant   to   Sam   Katz 

while  he  was  executive  vice-prexy  at  the  Paramount  home  office 

he  is  now  treasurer  of  Monarch  Theaters  Corp among 

those  present  at  the  dinner  were  Paul  Asch,  Alvyn  Brown,  Dave 
Chatkin,  J.  J.  Cohalan,  J.  Colombo,  George  Dembow,  Dave  Dub- 
in F.  Esterneaux,  H.  Katz,  J.  Muccio,  Creede  Neeper,  Lou 

Notarius,  George  Norton,  S.  Rubin,  Bernard  Sholtz,  Milton  Traub- 
ner Albert  D.  Levin  acted  as  master  of  the  revels 

T  T  ▼ 

•  •      •     LUNCHEON  at  "21"  yesterday,  given  by  Mrs.  J.  P.  McEvoy. 

wife  of  the  noted  writer,  to  Mrs.  Walt  Disney the  Disneys  leave  for 

Hollywood  on  Friday  alter  a  brief  visit  in  the  East,  during  which  Walt 
received  honorary  degrees  from  Yale  and  Harvard.  .  .  •  Dorothy 
Mackaill  will  be  in  summer  stock  at  Spring  Lake,  N.  J.,  playing  the  lead 

in  "Personal   Appearance" the   show   opens   about   the   middle   of 

July w 

•  •      •     MAKE-UP  expert   writes   book   on you   guessed 

it "Last  Word  In  Make-Up" by  Rudolph  G.  Liszt 

it  will  be  published  by  the  National  Library  Press on  the 

market  in  mid-July 


IATSE  TO  ASK  ANNUAL 
EMPLOYMENTPROGRAM 


(.Continued  from  Page   1) 

program  of  President  Roosevelt  to 
stimulate  business  and  industry  that 
all  might  have  employment."  He 
also  expressed  his  appreciation  of 
the  producers  in  behalf  of  his  or- 
ganization and  as  vice-president  of 
the  American  Federation  of  Labor. 

Browne  said  in  part:  "There  is  no 
doubt  by  the  appearance  of  recent 
propaganda  and  the  calling  of  mass 
meetings  that  certain  radical,  so- 
called  progressive  groups  are  en- 
deavoring to  use  the  term  of  unem- 
ployment as  a  smoke  screen  for 
their  real  ulterior  motive." 

Browne's  statement  also  declares 
that  unemployment  has  practically 
disappeared  for  IATSE  studio  mem- 
bers, and  never  before  in  history  of 
studios  has  there  been  so  little  un- 
employment as  under  conditions 
prevailing  today. 

Browne's  statement  was  timed  to 
precede  last  night's  mass  meeting 
at  which  a  program  evolved  by  the 
Conference  of  Motion  Picture  Arts 
and  Crafts  for  stabilization  of  em- 
ployment was  presented.  It  was  gen- 
erally regarded  as  a  maneuver  on 
the  part  of  the  IATSE  prexy  to 
lay  the  ground  work  for  the  juris- 
dictional drive  assured  by  action  at 
the  recent  IA  Cleveland  convention. 


Form  Leslie  Howard  Prod. 

London  (By  Cable) — Leslie  How- 
ard Productions,  Ltd.,  has  been  reg- 
istered here  with  a  capital  of  $5,000. 
Objects  of  the  new  Howard  com- 
pany are  to  carry  on  a  general  the- 
atrical business,  managing  and  leas- 
ing theaters,  producing  plays,  man- 
aging film  theater,  etc.  Directors  are 
Stanley  J.  Passmore,  attorney,  Les- 
lie Howard  and  Ruth  Howard. 


Re-issue  6  U.  S.  Films 

London  (By  Cable)  —  BIED  an- 
nounces re-issues  of  six  American 
films  after  expert  editing  and  cut- 
ting with  new  copies  from  original 
negatives.  The  six  are:  "The  Lot- 
tery Bride,"  "The  Bad  One,"  -'Cor- 
sair," "Reaching  for  the  Moon," 
"Abraham  Lincoln"  and  "Puttin'  on 
the  Ritz." 


2€  YE/iRjT  AGC 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Monday,  July  1, 
1918: 

NEW  YORK— Exhibitors  may  tie  up  to  fight 
Loew  Booking  system;  plan  being  discussed 
likely  to  bring  together  Fox,  Moss,  Keith, 
Proctor   and   others. 

ROCHESTER — Powers  plant  ready;  raw  stock 
to   be   made    in    Rochester   beginning   this   week. 

WASHINGTON— Universal^  "The  Yanks  Are 
Coming"  approved  by  Army  board;  called  good 
propaganda. 

Yes,  20  Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures! 


ifttu 


DAILY 


Friday,  July  1,  19381 


>  ^r  R€VI€UJ5  Of  TH€  n€UJ  flLfllS  iV  & 


"Little  Miss 
Roughneck" 

with  Edith  Fellows,  Leo  Carrillo 
Columbia  64  Mins. 

BORESOME  AND  TRITE  STORY  HAS 
LEO  CARRILLO  AS  ITS  ONLY  REDEEM- 
ING   FEATURE. 

A  very  dry  and  routiney  production  which 
is  saved  from  being  entirely  boresome  by 
the  splendid  characterization  of  Leo  Car- 
rillo. He  is  the  one  bright  spot,  and  when 
he  is  on,  the  audience  will  temporarily 
forget  the  flat  and  uninteresting  story  and 
the  characters  who  walk  through  their 
parts.  It  would  be  nice  to  say  something 
favorable  about  Edith  Fellows,  who  plays 
the  part  of  the  10-year-old  girl  with  as- 
piratioas  to  be  a  screen  star,  but  her  role 
is  wholly  unsympathetic  and  she  goes 
through  it  mechanically.  The  only  time 
she  registers  is  when  she  sings,  and  her 
vocalizing  in  high  C  is  as  good  as  anything 
to  be  heard  on  the  screen  from  the  female 
warblers.  But  to  pawn  her  off  as  a  10- 
year-old  is  stretching  it  far,  for  the  gir! 
looks  to  be  20  and  more.  Maybe  the 
lighting  and  camera  were  bad,  but  they 
do  not  help  to  create  the  necessary  age 
illusion.  The  story  is  trite  to  the  poinl 
of  boredom.  An  ambitious  mother  tries 
to  push  her  into  movies  after  contacting 
Scott  Colton,  who  plays  the  role  of  a 
Hollywood  scout,  who  is  interested  in 
Edith's  older  sister  (Jacqueline  Wells). 
But  the  youngster's  boorishness  and  gen- 
eral nasty  qualities  earn  her  the  gate. 
So  ma  hits  on  the  bright  idea  of  having 
her  apparently  kidnapped,  for  the  newspaper 
publicity.  The  girl  sneaks  out  of  her  room 
one  night  after  sending  out  a  ransom 
note,  and  eventually  winds  up  somewhere 
in  Southern  California  near  the  shack  of 
Carrillo,  a  poor  Mexican  with  a  large  fam- 
ily of  kids.  He  takes  her  in,  and  he  and 
the  kids  and  the  missus  finally  win  her 
over  and  she  becomes  a  different  girl  with 
a  new  outlook  on  life.  Carrillo  starts  tc 
take  her  to  town,  believing  she  is  a  run- 
away orphan.  A  motorcycle  copy  recog- 
nizes her  as  the  kidnapped  child,  and  she 
is  brought  back.  The  townspeople  start  to 
the  jail  to  lynch  Carrillo  as  the  kidnapper, 
and  the  young  girl  gets  there  in  time 
to  save  her  friend.  Then  the  Cinderelia 
finale  as  she  plumps  right  into  success 
and  fame  in  the  movies,  playing  the  lead, 
no  less. 

CAST:  Edith  Fellows,  Leo  Carrillo,  Jac- 
queline Wells,  Scott  Colton,  Margaret  Irv- 
ing, Inez  Palange,  George  McKay,  Thurston 
Hall,  Frank  C.  Wilson,  John  Gallaudet, 
Walter  Stahl,  Ivan  Miller,  Al  Bridges,  Wade 
Boteler,  Guy  Usher. 

CREDITS:  Director,  Aubrey  Scotto;  Au- 
thors, Fred  Niblo,  Grace  Neville;  Screen- 
play, Fred  Niblo,  Jr.,  Grace  Neville,  Michael 
Simmons;  Editor,  James  Sweeney;  Camera- 
man,   Benjamin    Kline. 

DIRECTION,  Poor.  PHOTOGRAPHY, 
Okay. 


Band  Helps  Fox  Biz 

Detroit — Best  biz  in  three  months 
was  reported  by  the  Fox  Theater 
this  week,  credit  going  chiefly  to 
"Chick"  Webb's  band,  which  drew 
this  city's  colored  population,  jubi- 
lant over  the  Joe  Louis  victory. 


*  SHORTS  * 


"Find  What's  Wrong" 

(Paragraphics) 

Paramount  10  mins. 

Interesting  Experiment 

Good  idea,  if  they  go  ahead  and 
develop  it  properly.  As  it  stands 
now,  it  only  scratches  the  surface  of 
what  can  be  done  in  the  way  of 
getting  audience  participation.  This 
short  presents  a  skit  in  which  bon- 
ers have  been  purposely  made.  At 
the  start,  a  gent  seated  at  a  desk 
invites  the  audience  to  try  and  pick 
out  the  ten  boners  that  have  been 
made.  The  skit  involves  a  business 
office,  with  the  proprietor,  a  pros- 
pective customer  coming  in,  the 
secretary  and  the  phone  operator. 
The  boners  include  such  things  as 
changing  wearing  apparel  in  dif- 
ferent scenes  on  the  various  players, 
twisting  the  hands  of  a  clock,  hav- 
ing a  man  smoking  a  cigarette  aftei 
he  lighted  a  cigar,  etc.  The  film  is 
repeated  without  the  dialogue,  and 
the  narrator  at  the  desk  rings  a 
bell  on  each  boner,  and  explains  it. 


"Hunky  and  Spunky" 

(Color  Classics) 

Paramount  7  mins. 

Funny  New  Characters 

Introducing  two  new  cartoon  char- 
acters, Spunky  and  Hunky,  a  little 
mule  and  its  mamma.  Done  in  tech- 
nicolor, the  mules  are  wandering 
over  the  desert  country  out  west. 
They  talk  to  each  other  in  donkey 
language,  showing  their  teeth  and 
making  very  funny  noises,  which 
will  amuse  the  kids.  An  old  pros- 
pector captures  little  Spunky,  and 
makes  him  carry  his  heavy  pack. 
Ma  Hunky  comes  to  the  rescue  and 
kicks  the  prospector  right  through 
his  own  shack  on  top  of  the  moun- 
tain, and  then  kicks  the  shack  over 
to  the  top  of  another  mountain. 
Then  the  two  mules  proceed  hap- 
pily on  their  journey  to  the  tune 
of  a  western  song.  A  Max  Fleischer 
cartoon. 


Paramount  Pictorial 

(P7-12) 

Paramount  10  mins. 

Timely  Interest 

The  huge  farming  operations  in 
the  Northwest  graphically  present- 
ed with  scenes  of  harvesting  the 
giant  wheat  crop  that  extends  for 
miles.  It  gives  an  idea  of  the  im- 
mensity of  the  operations  and  the 
machinery  and  men  required  to  han- 
dle it.  Technicolor  shots  of  the 
famous  geysers  and  hot  springs  in 
Yellowstone  National  Park.  Photo- 
graphed by  Robert  Bruce,  and  nar- 
rated by  David  Ross.  The  final  se- 
quence gives  the  pictorial  account 
of  a  sheepdog  who  wanders  forlorn 


about  the  London  waterfront.  The 
pooch  is  kicked  around,  and  exper- 
iences many  adventures  before  he 
finally  meets  a  human  tramp  like 
himself,  and  the  man  takes  him  into 
his  arms.  They  are  pals.  Narrated 
by  Ward  Wilson. 


"Queen  of  the  Air" 

(Headliners) 

Paramount  11    mins. 

Pop    Radio    Warblers 

Five  girls  whose  voices  are  well 
known  on  radio  programs,  are  pre- 
sented before  the  camera,  doing 
their  pop  songs.  Vincent  Lopez  pre- 
sents them,  with  his  famous  ork  ac- 
companying the  singers.  Lopez  is 
at  the  piano  as  they  do  their  num- 
bers. Nan  Wynn  sings  "I'm  Yours." 
Betty  Hutton  does  the  "Dipsy  Doo- 
dle." Jean  Ellington  croons  "I  Wan- 
na Be  Loved."  Benay  Venuta  carols 
"Thanks  For  the  Memory."  Hollace 
Shaw  does  her  delightful  rendition 
of  "Only  A   Rose." 


Paramount  Pictorial 

(P7-11) 

Paramount  10  mins. 

Well  Presented 

Fine  scenic  of  cascading  water 
in  the  Alps,  with  the  camera  fol- 
lowing the  growing  torrent  till  it 
dashes  in  a  foamy  fury  into  the  sea. 
Narrated  poetically  by  David  Ross. 
A  visit  to  the  seals  on  the  Guada- 
loupe  Islands  in  the  Pacific,  those 
monsters  to  be  found  nowhere  else 
in  the  world,  known  as  the  elephant 
seals,  giants  with  snouts  resembling 
elephant  trunks,  which  give  them 
their  name.  The  vineyards  of 
Southern  California  gives  you  an 
idea  of  the  enormous  extent  of  the 
native  wine  business.  The  high- 
lights of  the  industry  are  traced 
from  the  picking  of  the  grapes  in 
enormous  vineyards  by  scores  of 
men,  and  then  the  process  of  wine- 
making  in  all  its  stages,  till  stored 
in  enormous  vats  in  a  cool  under- 
ground cavern  in  a  mountainside 
and  ready  for  bottling  and  consump- 
tion.    Very  entertaining. 


"Love  and  Curses" 

(Merrie  Melody) 

Vitaphone  7  mins. 

Burlesque  Meller 

Swell  burlesque  in  Technicolor 
cartoon  of  the  oldtime  meller  with 
the  villain,  the  hero  and  the  heroine. 
Opens  with  an  old  couple  looking 
through  a  picture  album,  which  re- 
calls memories  of  the  old  days  when 
they  were  the  hero  and  heroine  hav- 
ing trouble  with  Roger  St.  Clair,  the 
villain.  Then  into  the  flashback 
showing  what  happened  when  they 
were  young,  as  the  villain  repeated- 
ly stole  the  girl  with  the  hero 
eternally  in  pursuit,  till  the  finale  in 
the  old  sawmill.  The  tag  line  has 
the  villain  stealing  the  old  lady  as 
she  is  looking  through  the  album, 
starting  the  eternal  chase  all  over 
again.  Produced  by  Leon  Schlesing- 
er. 


'Men  of  the  Sea 


mit 


with   Boris  Livanov,  L.  Vivien,  Leoni 

G.    Iniutina 
Amkino  83  mins 

EXCELLENT  PERFORMANCES  OFFSET  BY 
AMBLING  STORY  IN  NEED  OF  EDITING 

The  friends  of  Russia  will  get  satisfactior 
from  the  part  their  heroes  play  in  the  revolu- 
tion, but  the  picture  is  too  long  and  th( 
story  rambles  too  much  to  make  it  effective 
The  acting  is  top  notch,  and  the  technica 
aspects  of  the  picture  are  on  a  high  plane 
Boris  Livanov,  L.  Vivien,  G.  Iniutina  am 
Leonid  Kmit  head  a  capable  cast  of  per 
formers.  The  story  concerns  the  Baltic 
sailors'  defense  of  Petrograd  in  1918.  The 
tactics  of  military  technique  and  discipline 
are  made  much  of  during  the  story,  whicl 
weakens  the  story  as  the  fundamenta 
aspects  of  the  revolution  are  lost  in  th> 
shuffle.  The  usual  propaganda  is  presen 
and  comrade  Stalin  gets  credit  for  prac 
tically   everything. 

CAST:  Boris  Livanov,  L.  Vivien,  V 
Safronov,  Leonid  Kmit,  V.  Kriuger,  G.  Iniu 
rina,  P.  Gofman,  V.  Uralski,  P.  Kirillov,  K 
Mastrossov. 

CREDITS:  Produced  by  Leningrad  Films 
Director,  Alexander  Feintsimmer;  Screenplay 
A.  Zenovin  and  A.  Shtein.  Presented  a 
the  Cameo  Theater  with  Russian  dialogu 
and  English  titles. 

DIRECTION,    Ineffective.      PHOTOG 
RAPHY,   Good. 


"Porky's  Spring   Planting" 

(Looney   Tune) 

Vitaphone  7  mins 

Farmer  Troubles 

Garden  activities  are  started  b 
Porky  with  the  help  of  his  pooch 
and  they  plant  all  the  seeds  for  the 
various  vegetables,  with  special  em 
phasis  on  the  corn.  When  the  crop: 
are  ripe,  the  hen  starts  selling  tick 
ets  to  the  rest  of  the  chickens,  turn 
ing  the  garden  into  a  cafeteria.  The 
corn  gets  special  attention.  Before 
everything  is  gone,  Porky  makes  ; 
deal  with  the  chickens,  agreeing  t< 
plant  a  separate  garden  of  corn  fo 
them.  Produced  by  Leon  Schlesinger 


Pictorial   Revue  No.   11 

Vitaphone  11  mins 

Interesting 

The  manufacture  of  a  well  knowi 
plastic  commodity  used  for  man; 
things  such  as  telephone  sets,  house 
hold  utensils  and  novelties,  present 
ing  the  various  steps  to  the  com' 
pleted  product.  Ben  Grauer  does  th< 
narration.  Greyhound  racing,  wit! 
the  grooming  of  the  dogs,  thei 
training,  and  then  the  race  afte 
the  electric  rabbit.  Clem  McCarth; 
narrates.  The  third  sequence  is  h 
natural  color,  showing  the  manufac 
ture  of  perfume,  starting  with  th> 
crushing  of  the  flower  petals,  to  th 
final  bottling.  Narrated  by  Naid; 
Severn. 


riday,  July  1,  1938 


DAILY 


LIAC  AND  306  SAID 
SIGNING  PEACE  PACT 


(Continued  from   Page   1) 

I  eater  part  of  back  salary  will  be 
-stored,  it  is  understood. 
Projectionists,     members     of     the 
♦re    State    Motion    Picture    Op- 
ra^s   organization,  will  leave  the 
ooths  tomorrow  night  and  the  306 
len    will   resume   on    Sunday,   it   is 
•aid.       Formal     agreement,     to     be 
:igned,  will  state  that  ULIAC  recog- 
.  izes    306    as    the    sole    bargaining- 
Kent.       A    full    contract    with    the 
j  'nion    will    be    negotiated    in    the 
Jail,  it  is  said. 

I;  An  important  precedent  was  set 
:  v  this  case  in  the  fact  that  the  New 
;  rork  State  Labor  Relations  Board 
ecognized  Local  306  as  the  "regu- 
:  ai"  American  Federation  of  Labor 
i  Jnion  functioning  in  this  area,  and 
i  t  signated  that  this  Local  should  be 
■ecognized  as  such,  with  full  power 
jo  act  as  the  sole  bargaining  agent 
nor  its  members.  This  decision  was 
upheld  in  Supreme  Court  by  Justice 
Samuel  I.  Rosenman. 

The  operators,  Fred  Metzger,  John 
•JcGrath,  Thomas  Bennett,  Lloyd 
7ord,  Franklin  Royal  and  Edmund 
jSalsdon,  in  addition  to  the  50  per 
ent  wage  increase,  effective  start- 
ng  Sunday,  will  receive  an  addi- 
ional  $10  per  week  for  40  weeks, 
'.tarting  Oct.  1,  the  agreement  pro- 
vides. 

'  Total  of  the  back  pay  due  the  men 
imounted  to  $4,000,  but  a  compro- 
mise was  reached  whereby  the  men 
*ill  get  $2,400  of  this  sum,  $400 
ipiece,  through  the  additional  $10 
oer  week  starting  Oct.  1.  The  com- 
promise was  said  to  have  been  ef- 
fected after  the  wage  increase  was 
granted. 

A  sitdown  strike  by  the  operators 
n  the  company's  theaters  on  Long 
[sland  last  Fall  reached  a  climax 
.vhen  the  men  were  ejected  from 
;heir  booths  on  the  morning  of  Aug. 
27,  the  day  after  the  strike  started. 
The  case  was  presented  to  the  New 
York  State  Labor  Relations  Board 
for  subsequent  action,  apart  from 
the  initial  steps  undertaken  by  Ben- 
jamin Mandelker,  attorney  for  the 
Local. 

Martin  M.  Alpert,  attorney  for 
ULIAC  contended  that  a  sit-down 
strike  was  a  breach  of  faith  and 
contract  and  entitled  the  employer 
to  discharge  the  men. 

Settlement  negotiations  were  car- 
ried on  between  Joseph  D.  Basson, 
president  of  Local  306,  and  ULIAC, 
it  was  learned. 


Educators  Eye  Tele 

Most  of  the  15,000  delegates  to  the 
National  Education  Association  conven- 
tion are  getting  their  first  look  at  tele- 
vision equipment.  The  American  Tele- 
vision Corp.  accepted  the  invitation  of 
the  city's  Board  of  Education  to  place 
its  receiving  sets  on  display  in  con- 
junction with  the  comprehensive  exhibit 
of  the  local  public  schools'  vocational 
work. 


nCUJS  Of  TH€  DflV 


Syracuse,  N.  Y.  —  RKO  Schine 
Strand,  taken  over  today  by  Jules 
Leventhal  of  New  York  for  summer 
legit.,  will  be  managed  by  Ernest 
Crouch,  who  has  been  assistant 
manager  there  for  the  RKO-Schine 
pool.  First  legit,  piece,  "Tobacco 
Road,"  goes  in  Julv  4.  Strand  was 
built  for  pix,  but  has  a  small  stage. 


Halifax,  Va.  —  "Go  to  Theater 
Week"  is  being  observed  by  the 
Princess  and  Halifax  Theaters,  with 
local  paper  playing  it  up  with  front 
page  pictures  and  story.  The  the- 
aters ran  half  page  ad  listing  at- 
tractions for  the  entire  week  and  a 
co-operative  title  contest  with  ticket 
and  cash  prizes  was  featured  in  a 
double  truck  with  about  15  mer- 
chants participating. 


Indianapolis  —  Mrs.  Harry  Mur- 
phy, wife  of  Harry  Murphy,  mana- 
ger of  Artcraft  and  Franklin  Thea- 
ters, Franklin,  Ind.,  gave  birth  June 
24  to  a  daughter. 


Dennis,  Mass.  —  The  Cape  Play- 
house, operated  by  the  Interstate 
Circuit,  has  opened.  Howard  Shon- 
ting,  formerly  assistant  manager  of 
Boston's  Metropolitan  Theater,  is 
managing  the  first-run  house. 


Petersburg,  Va. — Brickel  and  Las- 
siter  have  closed  their  State  The- 
ater here. 


Petersburg,  Va.  —  The  Century 
theater  here  boasts  of  what  it  thinks 
is  the  oldest  doorman  in  the  U.  S., 
Lieut.  John  J.  Donahue,  who  cel- 
ebrated his  79th  birthday  on  June 
23. 


Rochester,  Ind. — Charles  Kreigh- 
baum,  recently  injured  in  an  auto 
accident  on  his  way  to  Lafayette, 
is  confined  to  the  Woodlawn  Hospi- 
tal here  with  a  broken  arm  in  two 
places  and  a  badly  bruised  body. 


Indianapolis  —  Louis  R.  Markun, 
local  exhibitor,  and  former  state 
representative  from  Marion  County, 
has  announced  his  candidacy  for 
state  auditor. 


Detroit  —  Grosse  Pointe  Theater 
Co.,  operators  of  the  Punch  and 
Judy  Theater,  has  been  dissolved, 
and  the  house  is  now  being  oper- 
ated by  the  Collateral  Liquidation, 
Inc.,  holders  of  the  first  mortgage. 
Plans  are  being  made  for  a  reor- 
ganization. Frank  Krueger  contin- 
ues as  manager. 


West  Sees  500-Hour  "Life" 
for  Tele  Cathode  Tube 


London  (By  Cable)— Capt.  A.  D. 
G.  West,  Baird  television  expert,  in 
speaking  of  the  prospect  of  special 
regulations  to  control  the  use  of 
television  in  British  cinemas,  de- 
clared that  the  television  manufac- 
turers did  not  anticipate  any  diffi- 
culty at  all  as  "It  is  a  proper  en- 
gineering job." 

Capt.  West  said  that  the  cathode 
ray  tube,  the  essential  part  of  the 
Baird  system,  is  a  comparatively 
cheap  piece  of  equipment  and  can 
be  replaced  for  only  15  guineas. 
Some  o  fthe  tubes,  he  continued, 
have  achieved  in  tests  an  effective 
life  of  1,000  hours  and  that  it  is 
expected,  when  equipment  has  been 
standardized,  that  the  company  will 
be  able  to  guarantee  a  working  life 
of  500  hours  for  these  tubes,  or  a 
life  of  a  year  and  a  half  if  the  ap- 
paratus is  used  but  one  hour  a  day. 


Williams  Rites  Held 

Funeral  services  for  George  W. 
Williams,  79,  a  retired  actor,  were 
held  yesterday  in  the  Chester  A.  Ful- 
ton Funeral  Parlors,  Freeport,  Long 
Island,  with  interment  taking  place 
in  the  Woodlawn  Cemetery,  Bellport. 
Williams  died  in  St.  Johns  Hospital, 
Brooklyn. 


Hadelman  House  Reopens 

Shelton,  Conn.— The  500-seat  Shel- 
ton  Theater  was  reopened  by  Mor- 
ris Hadelman  yesterday,  on  conclu- 
sion of  a  complete  redecoration  job 
by  Samuel  Grand  of  Imperial  Stu- 
dios. 


Columbia  of  Canada  Will 
Distribute  "Son  of  Sheik" 


Deal  was  closed  yesterday  by 
Emil  Jensen,  presdent  of  Artcinema 
Associates,  Inc.,  by  which  Columbia 
Pictures  of  Canada,  Ltd.,  will  take 
over  all  distribution  rights  to  Ru- 
dolph Valentino's  "Son  of  the  Sheik" 
for  Newfoundland  and  the  Dominion 
of  Canada. 

Distribution  rights  of  "Son  of 
the  Sheik"  for  Australia  have  been 
purchased  by  Stuart  Doyle,  it  was 
also  announced. 

Strand  Press  is  publishing  a  story 
of  Valentino's  life,  written  by  Beu- 
lah  Livingstone,  Artcinema's  pub- 
licity  director,   on  July   15. 


Gambling  Debate  July  6 

Albany  —  The  Hirshberg  anti- 
gambling  amendment  will  be  de- 
bated in  the  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion on  July  6.  Originally,  Hirsh- 
berg's  proposal  was  defeated  in  Bill 
of  Rights  Committee,  which  last 
week  reversed  its  stand  and  report- 
ed matter  out  "without  recommen- 
dation." 


Censors  Get  Super  Simplex 

Richmond,  Va.  —  N.  C.  Haefele, 
Baltimore  branch  manager,  National 
Theater  Supply  Company,  recently 
sold  two  Super  Simplex  Projectors 
and  Simplex  Four  Star  Sound  to  the 
Division  of  Motion  Picture  Censor- 
ship. Russ  Widener  and  Mervin 
Ullman,  Altec  engineers,  installed 
the  equipment. 


FREEDMAN-HALE  PLAN 
IS  SAID  SET  FOR  GN 


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and  ready  for  the  creditors'  and 
court's  consideration.  Whether  the 
plan  is  accepted  or  not,  Film  Corp. 
of  America  plans  to  produce  a  ser- 
ies of  pictures  for  GN  release. 


Wilcox  Starts  Shooting 

on  "60  Glorious  Years" 


London  (By  Cable)  —  With  the 
opening  sequence  devoted  to  two 
spectacular  royal  wedding  scenes, 
"Sixty  Glorious  Years"  has  been 
placed  in  production  by  Herbert 
Wilcox  with  Wilcox  personally  di- 
recting the  cast  headed  by  Anna 
Neagle  and  Anton  Walbrook. 

"Sixty  Glorious  Years,"  termed 
the  first  real  historical  film  to  be 
made  entirely  in  Technicolor,  will 
be  released  by  RKO  Radio  Pictures. 

The  royal  weddings  in  early  pro- 
duction were  those  of  Queen  Vic- 
toria and  Prince  Albert  in  the 
Chapel  Royal  at  St.  James'  Palace, 
and  that  of  the  Princess  Royal  and 
Prince  Frederick  of  Prussia.  Miss 
Neagle  and  Walbrook  star  as  the 
Queen  and  her  consort,  while  Pam- 
ela Standish  is  "Vicky" — the  Prin- 
cess Royal — and  Olaf  Olsen,  Prince 
Frederick  of  Prussia. 

Included  in  the  supporting  cast 
is  C.  Aubrey  Smith  as  the  Duke  of 
Wellington,  Walter  Rilla  (Prince 
Ernest),  Charles  Carson  (Sir  Robert 
Peel),  Greta  Wagener  (Baroness 
Lahzen),  Felix  Aylmer  (Lord  Pal- 
merston),  Lewis  Casson  (Lord  John 
Russell),  Gordon  McLeon  (John 
Brown),  Lyn  Harding  (Duke  of 
Cumberland),  Julian  Royce  (Duke 
of  Sussex)  and  Conway  Dixon 
(Duke   of   Cambridge). 

Start  "Mikado"  July  11 

London  (By  Cable) — Production  of 
"The  Mikado"  will  start  on  July 
11  at  Pinewood,  with  Victor  Schert- 
zinger  directing.  It  is  proposed  to 
use  only  the  traditional  treatment 
of  the  operetta,  which  will  feature 
Kenny  Baker  as  Nanki  Poo  and 
Jean  Colin  as  Yum  Yum.  Fantasy 
will  be  the  keystone  of  the  produc- 
tion and  the  essential  mobility  of 
the  music  carefully  preserved. 


Renew  Film  Center  Leases 

Renewal  of  leases  for  Time  Pic- 
tures, Inc.,  Treo  Film  Exchange  of 
New  York,  Inc.,  and  Syndicate  Ex- 
changes, Inc.,  in  the  Film  Center 
Building,  at  630  9th  Ave.,  was  an- 
nounced yesterday  by  Cross  and 
Brown,  agents  for  the  building. 


Taxi,   Ahoy! 

Richmond,  Va. — AI  Nowitsky,  man- 
ager, Wilmer  &  Vincent's  Colonial 
gives  his  patrons  real  taxi  service  by 
means  of  a  beacon  light  atop  the  mar- 
quee which  lights  a  signal  to  a  cab 
stand  down  the  street  when  a  button 
is    pushed    in    the    lobby. 


Friday,  July  1,  1938 


DAILY 


CANADIAN  COPYRIGHT 
MEASURE  IS  KILLED 


{Continued  from  Page   1) 

further  consideration.  The  commit- 
tee adopted  the  report  earlier. 

The  bill  was  referred  to  the  com- 
mittee to  report  on  its  principle  be- 
fore the  House  was  asked  to  give 
it  second  reading.  The  effect  of  the 
committee  report  was  to  kill  the 
bill.  C.  H.  Cahan,  former  Secretary 
of  State,  told  the  committee  some 
days  ago  that  when  he  was  Minister 
he  found  a  controversy  existing  in 
Canada  as  to  whether  abuses  ex- 
isted under  the  Copyright  Act 
whereby  works  could  be  distributed 
to  members  of  any  organization  and 
refused  to  the  general  public. 

State  Secretary  Hon.  Fernand 
Rinfret  also  took  the  position  it  re- 
quired further  study  by  his  depart- 
ment. As  a  result  the  bill  was 
referred  to  a  sub-committee.  It 
brought  in  a  report  w'nicn  was  ac- 
cepted and  tabled.  The  report  said: 

"Your  committee  appreciates  the 
difficulties  in  amending  the  Copy- 
right Act  in  view  of  the  interna- 
tional conventions  and  the  intricate 
and  complex  nature  of  the  subject, 
and  therefore  recommends  that  the 
subject  matter  of  this  reference  and 
of  this  report  be  referred  to  the 
Department  of  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  further  study  and  for  such 
amendments,  if  any,  to  the  Copy- 
right Act,  as  the  circumstances  may 
warrant." 


TMAT  Union  Has  Membership 
of  4,000,  Vroom  Declares 

"Organization  throughout  the 
country  by  the  Theatrical  Managers, 
Agents  and  Treasurers  Union  is 
progressing  rapidly,  with  Fox  West 
Coast  managers  and  assistant  man- 
agers the  latest  to  join",  Lodewick 
Vroom,  president  of  TMAT,  told 
The  Film  Daily  upon  his  return 
from  the  Coast  yesterday. 

"Although  no  basic  agreement  has 
been  projected,  plans  have  been 
drawn  up  and  an  oral  agreement  is 
now  in  effect  with  theater  interests 
that  is  working  out  satisfactorily," 
Vroom  said.  He  met  with  the  or- 
ganization's executive  board  yester- 
day to  give  a  report  of  his  trip. 

He  stated  that  the  legitimate  field 
is  now  organized  100  per  cent,  with 
the  film  field  rapidly  increasing  its 
membership  total.  There  are  now 
about  4,000  members,  it  was  learned. 

Vroom  reported  that  the  organiza- 
tion now  had  15  Locals,  with  total 
number  expected  to  reach  35  when 


A  "£Mi"  fa»»  "JMx 


// 


By  RALPH  WILK 


HOLLYWOOD 
Col.  Signs  H.  B.  Warner 
T-T.  B.  WARNER,  who  was  featured 
in  the  two  previous  Capra  pro- 
ductions, "Mr.  Deeds  Goes  to  Town" 
and  "Lost  Horizon,"  yesterday  was 
signed  for  an  important  role  in 
"You  Can't  Take  It  With  You," 
which  Capra  is  now  shooting. 

T  T  T 

Three  Get  New  WB  Pacts 

New  long-term  Warner  contracts 
have  been  awarded  to  Pat  O'Brien, 
Margaret  Lindsay  and  Henry 
O'Neill. 

Ann  Sheridan  to  Star 

Ann  Sheridan  will  be  advanced  to 


stardom  by  Warners  in  "Life  Be- 
gins at  Reno."  John  Huston  and 
John  Wexley  will  write  the  screen 
version. 

Miss  Sheridan's  assignment  is  a 
step  in  the  Warner  plan  for  giving 
her  a  national  build-up  as  a  "glam- 
our girl." 

T  T  T 

John  Russell  Gets  Pact 

John  Russell,  the  five-year-old  ac- 
tor who  plays  his  first  important 
role  in  "Always  Goodbye,"  has  been 
signed  to  a  long-term  contract  by 
20th  Century-Fox.  The  youngster 
had  appeared  in  only  one  picture 
prior  to  "Always  Goodbye." 


Nettlefold  Buys  Into 

Butcher's  Film  Service 


Oft,  Brooklyn!!! 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Burbank — Warners  will  release  "Cow- 
boy From  Brooklyn,"  the  Dick  Powell 
picture,  abroad  as  "Romance  and 
Rhythm."  Slant  is  that  the  foreign 
trade  is  not  particularly  Brooklyn-con- 
scious,    studio     explains. 


London  (By  Cable) — A  new  com- 
pany has  just  been  registered  under 
the  name  of  Butcher's  Film  Service, 
Ltd.,  the  name  of  the  old  company 
formed  in  1912.  For  a  few  days 
the  company  operated  under  a  new 
and  different  name  in  order  that 
the  new  Butcher's  could  be  regis- 
tered under  the  name  which  has 
been  identified  with  the  industry  for 
26  years.  Adoption  of  a  new  name 
for  a  few  days  was  purely  for  the 
purpose  of  enabling  Archibald  Net- 
tlefold to  have  an  interest  in 
Butcher's  without  a  permanent 
change  of  the  firm's  name.  Directors 
of  the  new  Butcher's  Film  Service 
are  Archibald  Nettlefold,  Guy  H. 
Martineau,  Earnest  G.  Roy,  Charles 
H.  Killick,  Leslie  H.  Spiers,  Frank 
E.  Butcher,  Francis  W.  Baker  and 
Victor  Payne-Jennings. 


Friese-Greene  Jubilee 

Bristol,  Eng.  (By  Cable)  —  That 
Bristol,  the  birthplace  of  W.  Friese- 
Greene  who,  50  years  ago,  in  1888, 
perfected  the  cine  camera,  the  film 
trade  and  the  educational  world 
unite  to  erect  a  memorial  to  the 
inventor  in  Bristol,  has  been  put 
forward  by  F.  G.  Warne,  head  of  a 
Bristol   firm   of   cinematographers. 


Drops  35  mm.  Project 

Detroit — M  and  M  Motion  Picture 
Co.  has  abandoned  plans  for  pro- 
duction of  35  mm.  features  here. 
The  company  was  organized  several 
months  ago  to  produce  commercial 
films  by  William  Morganti  and 
Waldo  Mancini. 


Weingarten  Miami  Beach 

House  Ready  for  Winter 

Miami  Beach— New  $100,000  the- 
ater to  be  erected  here  by  Herman 
Weingarten,  prexy  of  the  W.  G. 
Operating  Co.,  will  be  ready  for  the 
1938-39  winter  season,  it  is  an- 
nounced. Thirty-six  year  lease  on 
a  site  at  Espanola  Way  and  Wash- 
ington Ave.  has  been  closed. 

Paul  Greenbaum  of  New  York 
City,  associated  with  Weingarten 
for  the  last  20  years  in  the  con- 
struction of  theaters  in  New  York, 
Brooklyn  and  Long  Island,  will  have 
charge  of  construction  work.  Robert 
Collins  is  architect. 

The  building  will  have  a  large 
entrance  on  Washington  Ave.  and  a 
roomy  balcony  and  open  smoking 
loge.  The  latest  type  of  construc- 
tion and  air  conditioning  will  be 
utilized. 


Caledonian  Buys  4  More 

Inverness,  Scotland  (By  Cable) — 
Caledonian  Associated  Cinemas,  lo- 
cal circuit,  has  bought  from  Peter 
Crerar,  Crieff,  four  theaters,  bring- 
ing its  circuit  up  to  34.  Theaters 
purchased  are:  the  Regal  (including 
cafe)  at  Dumferline,  the  Rio  at 
Rutherglen,  the  Rio  at  Bearsden, 
and  the  Mossbank,  Glasgow.  Seat- 
ing capacities  vary  from  1,000  to 
2,017. 


organization  has  been  completed. 
The  Locals  use  a  district  zoning  sys- 
tem for  territorial  jurisdiction. 

The  organization's  constitution 
will  be  revised  in  the  near  future  as 
the  rapid  growth  of  the  Union  has 
made  many  original  clauses  imprac- 
tical. 

Vroom  returns  to  the  Coast  in  two 
or  three  weeks. 


Japs  Like  "King  Kong" 

Osaka,  Japan  (By  Cable) — Play- 
ing at  the  Bentenza  Theater  here, 
the  re-issue  of  "King  Kong"  did 
sensational  biz  over  a  full  week. 
Circuit  of  which  the  Bentenza  is  a 
unit  has  booked  the  thriller  to  play 
simultaneously  in  Kobe,  Nagoya  and 
Kyota. 


PENNSYLVANIA  COURT 
NIXES  44-HOUR  LAW 


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(Harrisburg)  Court  which  some 
months  ago  held  invalid  the  act, 
passed  by  the  1937  Legislature,  and 
granted  a  permanent  inju^'tion 
staying  its  enforcement. 

As  passed,  the  law  prohibited  em-j 
ployment  for  more  than  forty-four 
hours  a  week  or  more  than  eighty 
hours  a  day,  but  the  Departments 
of  Labor  and  Industry  was  empow-j 
ered  to  grant  exemptions  where  they ; 
did  not  conflict  with  Federal  laws. 


"Snow  White"  at  Pop  Prices 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Los  Angeles  —  After  its  record- 
breaking  run  of  18  weeks  at  the 
Carthay  Circle  in  Los  Angeles,  Walt 
Disney's  "Snow  White  and  the  Sev- 
en Dwarfs"  opened  at  the  Pantages 
and  Hillstreet  Theaters  day-and- 
date  today. 


Swedish  Critics  Pick  10 
U.  S.  Pix  Among  16  "Best" 

Washington   Bureau   of   THE   FILM   DAILY 

Washington — American  pix  were 
voted  the  first  five  places  and  the 
last  five  places  out  of  a  selection  of 
16  among  all  foreign  pictures  shown 
in  Sweden  during  the  past  season, 
according  to  a  report  received  by  ^ 
the  Department  of  Commerce  by 
the  office  of  the  American  Commer- 
cial Attache  at  Stockholm,  it  was 
revealed  yesterday  by  Nathan  D. 
Golden,  Chief  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Section. 

The  U.  S.  films  taking  first  place 
were  in  order  of  their  selection, 
"The  Life  of  Emile  Zola,"  "Captains: 
Courageous,"  "The  Good  Earth," 
"100  Men  and  a  Girl",  "The  Awful 
Truth." 

Those  taking  the  last  five  places, 
giving  American-made  pictures  10 
out  of  16  were  in  order  of  their 
selection,  "Big  City,"  "Dead  End,' 
"Beyond  the  Horizon,"  "Conquest" 
and  "Angel." 

The  pictures  were  judged  by  the 
Committee  of  Swedish  Film  Re- 
viewers at  its  annual  meeting  re- 
cently held  in  Stockholm. 

The  meeting  was  held  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Swedish  Motion  Pic-; 
ture  Journal  and  21  members  of  the1 
Reviewers  Committee  were  present 
and  voting. 


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24  Shorts  in  Dufaycolor 

London  (By  Cable)  —  Harcourt 
Pearson,  Ltd.,  will  produce  24  short 
story  films  in  Dufaycolor,  with  Har- 
court Templeman  producing  and 
George  Pearson  directing.  Ernest 
Palmer  will  handle  the  camera. 
"Switzerland,"  a  recent  short  in 
Dufaycolor,  was  photographed  in 
the  Princes  Theater,  Bristol,  with 
very  little  extra  light  on  the  thea- 
ter stage,  it  is  reported,  the  color 
system  showing  extreme  flexibility. 


Share  the  Work 

Detroit — Stagehands  at  the  Michigan 
have  been  reduced  from  14  to  four  with 
dropping  of  vaudeville  for  the  summer, 
but  the  union  restored  wages  from  the 
former  $72  to  $80,  and  is  sharing  the 
work,  giving  the  14  an  average  of  $23 
weekly. 


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IEXIGAN  PRODUCERS 
WOULD  READJUST  PAY 


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r  sound  engineers  and  other  tech- 

cians  in  order  to  insure  a  healthy 

id    much    needed    competition;    2, 

rife^n-oduction    managers    as    well 

;  bT.,  designers  and  set  builders  be 

garded    as    employers    themselves 

hid    therefore    denied    admission    in 

Jny  motion  picture  labor  organiza- 

:on;   3,  an  immediate  readjustment 

•    the  salaries  of  all  workers  in  the 

production   branch   of   the    industry. 

Producers  are  especially  insistent 

i  the  last  point  because  of  the  in- 

-easing  cost   in  production,   chiefly 

je  to  the  high  wages  now  paid  to 

^clinicians   and   staff  workers. 


Producciones  Internacionales,  S.A., 
3ew  producing  concern,  will  start 
Derations  with  "Maria,"  pix  ver- 
•  on  of  Jorge  Isaac's  popular  novel 
■f  the  same  title.  Lupita  Tovar  and 
ose  Crespo  will  co-star  in  PISA's 
ntial  venture,  reportedly  to  be  di- 
eted by  Paul  Kohner.  Julio  Leon 
;  general  manager  of  the  new  com- 
:any. 


Camera  work  is  complete  on 
icente  Saiso  Piquer's  second  pro- 
uction  venture,  "El  Rosario  de 
.mozoc"  (The  Amozoc  Rosary), 
>ith  Lupita  Tovar,  Emilio  Tuero 
rid  Carlos  Orellana  in  the  top  parts, 
'ose  Bohr  directed.  Shooting  was 
lso  completed  on  Producciones 
eyffert's  "La  Virgen  de  la  Sierra" 
Virgin  of  the  Sierras),  with  Anita 
!  ampillo,  Carlos  Villatoro  and  Raul 
■e  Anda  topping  the  cast  under 
;uillermo    Calles'    direction. 


Two  new   pictures   from  two   dif- 
arent    producers    are    before    cam- 
ras.  The  first,  "Per jura"   (Perjured 
,Voman),  based  on  Miguel  Lerdo  de 
'ejada's  song  of  the  same  title,  is 
eing  produced  by  Felipe   Mier  for 
'/inematografica  Internacional,  S.A., 
nd  for  United   Artists  distribution 
hroughout  the  world,  with  the  ex- 
lusion   of  Mexico.     Jorge   Negrete, 
•Iarina   Tamayo,   Sara   Garcia,   Car- 
os    Lopez    Moctezuma    and    Elena 
.'Orgaz   head   the   cast.   Raphael   J. 
ievilla    is    directing.      Producciones 
/ejar's    "La    Rosa    de    Xoxhimilco" 
Xochimilco    Rose),    a    musical    ro- 
nance,  has  Maria  Luiza  Zea,  Man- 
iel  Mendoza  and  Gilberto  Gonzalez 
:n  the  top  parts,  with  Carlos  Vejar, 
Jr.,  directing  and  Ross  Fisher  han- 
dling the  camera. 
t 

Emery  House,  Eastman  Kodak 
..echnical  expert,  has  been  here  vis- 
ting  the  native  studios  and  labora- 
ories  and  advising  local  technicians 
ion  problems  touching  the  handling 
bf  motion  picture  film.  He  has  been 
;hown  around  by  Ben  J.  Nevulis, 
general  manager  of  the  American 
Dhoto  Supply  Co.  here,  chief  pur- 
veyor to  the  Mexican  motion  picture 
'  ndustry. 


The  Foreign  Field 

♦      ♦         News  Flashes  from  All  Parts  of  the  Globe         ♦      ♦ 


Italian  Technicolor  Shorts 

Rome — First  pictures  to  be  in 
Technicolor  in  Italy  have  been  pro- 
duced by  Francisci.  Titles  are  "The 
Fire  Mountain",  "Vesuvio",  "Sor- 
rente,  Pompeii  and  Naples"  and 
"Wolf  Hunting". 


Produce  at  London  Zoo 

London — Technique  Films  has  an- 
nounced the  signing  of  a  contract 
with  Strand  Films  Zoological  Pro- 
ductions for  the  distribution  of  six 
two-reel  shorts  to  be  produced  at 
the  London  Zoo.  Shorts  will  illus- 
trate the  various  animal  types.  Well 
known  players  will  be  engaged  to 
give  comedy  and  popular 
appeal  to  the  shorts  which  will  have 
descriptive  commentaries  by  Prof. 
Julian  Huxley. 


Educational  Pix  for  India? 

Calcutta  —  Reports  persist  here 
that  a  number  of  Indian  provinces 
will  launch  educational  programs 
with  the  motion  picture  as  a  medium 
in   the  near  future. 


British  Capital  for  French  Pix 

Paris — British  capital  will  back 
up  the  production  of  a  French  pic- 
ture about  the  Fashoda  incident  of 
1898  in  the  Sudan.  Some  of  the 
scenes  will  be  shot  at  the  Billan- 
court  Studios  in  Paris,  a  branch  of 
British  Unity  Pictures,  others  along 
the  route  covered  by  Commandant 
Marchand  in  his  advance  upon  Fash- 
oda. An  English  actor  will  portray 
the  role  of  Lord  Kitchener,  while 
Charles  Vanel  will  likely  be  as- 
signed the  role  of  Marchand. 


Von  Stroheim  for  "Gibraltar" 

Paris — Erich  von  Stroheim,  Roger 
Duchesne  and  Viviane  Romance 
have  been  engaged  for  "Gibraltar," 


a  French  production  with  locale  at 
that  famous  guardian  of  the  en- 
trance to  the  Mediterranean  and  in 
Tangiers.     Fedor  Ozep  will  direct. 


Film  France  Novel 

Paris — Anatole  France's  novel  of 
the  French  revolution,  "The  Gods 
Are  Athirst,"  is  to  be  produced  un- 
der the  direction  of  Gaston  Ravel 
and  Tony  Lekain. 


Pix  Audiences  of  12,000 

Jamshedpur,  Bengal  —  Capacity 
audiences  in  the  picture  palaces  of 
the  United  States  and  England  are 
small  in  comparison  with  those  at- 
tracted in  India  by  the  mobile  motion 
picture  unit  of  the  Tata  Iron  &  Steel 
Co.,  of  Jamshedpur,  which  shows  to 
open  air  audiences  of  from  2,000  up 
to  12,000.  Weekly  shows  are  given 
at  villages  about  Jamshedpur.  The 
picture  is  projected  through  a  glass- 
sealed  porthole  to  keep  out  the 
hosts  of  green  flies.  The  van  is 
equipped  for  talking  pictures. 


Hugon  to  Produce  in  London 

Paris — Andre  Hugon,  producer  of 
"La  Rue  sans  Joie"  will  make  an 
English  version  of  that  feature  in 
London.  Both  versions,  it  is  stated, 
will  be  shown  in  London  next  fall 
in  different  theaters.  John  Loder 
will  have  the  male  lead  in  the  Eng- 
lish version,  and  Hugon  is  trying 
to  get  Danielle  Darrieux  for  the 
feminine    lead. 


New  French  Producing  Co. 

Paris — Demofilm  has  been  formed 
here  as  a  producing  company.  Erich 
von  Stroheim  will  direct  and  appear 
in  "La  Couronne  de  Fer,"  a  story 
of  Austria  from  1900  to  its  annexa- 
tion by  Hitler. 


Foreign  Language  Films 

Get  Lighter  Play  In  Chi. 

Chicago — Foreign  pix  in  this  city 
have  encountered  a  slump  during 
the  past  three  months,  according  to 
a  leading  distributor.  The  Sono- 
tone  and  the  World  Playhouse  fea- 
ture first-runs  in  the  Loop  while  the 
Cinema  Theater  on  Chicago  Ave. 
has  an  occasional  first-run.  Essaness 
circuit  is  now  showing  Swedish  films 
at  the  Julian  Theater  on  the  North 
Side.  Balaban  &  Katz  have  booked 
several  Polish  films  into  the  Con- 
gress Theater. 


Moulton  Will  Supervise 
Three  Para.  Studio  Depts. 

West   Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood — Herbert  Moulton  has 
been  made  supervisor  at  Paramount 
of  the  studio  advertising,  trailer  and 
publicity  departments  and  as  per- 
sonal representative  of  Robert  E. 
Gilham.  Moulton  will  work  closely 
with  executives  and  producers.  Cliff 
Lewis  continues  as  director  of  stu- 
dio advertising  and  Terry  Delapp  as 
director  of  publicity. 


52  THEATERS  OPENED 
IN  CANADA  IN  6  MOS. 


Toronto — First  six  months  of  1938 
saw  52  theaters,  90  per  cent  of  them 
new,  opening  their  doors  in  the 
Dominion,  the  Canadian  Film  Boards 
of  Trade  reported  last  night.  In 
the  same  period,  seven  houses 
closed,  while  54  houses  changed 
ownership. 

Largest  number  of  openings  was 
in  Calgary,  with  13,  and  in  Winni- 
peg, with  14.  Theater  market  was 
most  active  in  Calgary,  where  32 
houses  changed  hands.  Calgary,  too, 
led  in  closings  with  four  reported. 

Breakdown  by  territory  follows: 

Changes  of 

Territory             Opened  Ownership        Closed 

Vancouver      5  1  0 

Calgary    13  32  4 

Winnipeg     14  9  1 

Toronto    3  7  1 

Montreal      9  3  1 

Saint    John    8  2  0 

52'  54  7 


Industry-Trained   Officer 

Off  to  Shoot  Army  Films 


Games  Okay  for  Churches,  Not  Theaters 

Montreal — Motion  picture  theaters  managers  who  tangled  with  the  authorities 
when  they  introduced  Bingo  here  were  surprised  at  a  decision  of  the  Dominion  Parlia- 
ment that  what  is  illegal  for  them  is  legal  for  charities  and  religious  bodies.  Games 
of  chance  conducted  for  charitable  or  religious  objects  were  exempted  in  the  House 
of   Commons,   from    the   strengthened    provisions   placed    in   the   Criminal   Code. 


West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Capt.  W.  W.  Jervey, 
Signal  Corps,  USA,  has  left  Holly- 
wood to  return  to  Washington  after 
completing  a  nine  months'  course  of 
study  in  motion  picture  production 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Research 
Council  of  the  Academy  of  Motion 
Picture  Arts  and  Sciences. 

Travelling  by  army  transport 
through  the  Panama  Canal,  Captain 
Jervey  will  arrive  in  Washington 
late  in  July,  to  participate  in  the 
production  of  training  films  for  the 
use  of  all  branches  of  the  Army. 
Under  the  Army's  present  schedule, 
approximately  2  reels  of  training 
film  are  produced  per  month,  some 
in  Washington,  and  the  remainder 
by  a  Field  Photographic  Unit  based 
at  Fort  Monmouth,  N.  J.,  from  which 
location  trips  are  made  to  various 
army   bases  for  authentic   scenes. 

The  next  officer  scheduled  to  take 
the  training  course,  Lieutenant 
Dwight  W.  Mulkey,  will  arrive  in 
Hollywood  from  the  East  late  in 
August. 


Shaft,  Associate  Producer 

West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE    FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood — Monroe  Shaff  has  been 
made  associate  producer  on  Buck 
Jones-Coronet  Pictures.  Elmer  Clif- 
ton will  direct  Jones'  next,  "Phan- 
tom Trail"  with  production  likely  to 
be  at  Grand  National  studios. 


WEDDING  BELLS 


Frances  Laurie,  ballet  dancer  of 
the  Radio  City  Music  Hall,  and  Rob- 
ert Landrum,  tenor  of  the  Music 
Hall  glee  club,  were  married  yes- 
terday morning  at  the  Little  Church 
Around  the  Corner. 


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MOST 
WIDELY  USED 


ONLY  one  raw-film  factor  matters  much  to 
the  motion  picture  public.  But  that  factor, 
photographic  quality,  is  the  most  important 
of  all. . . .  Reason  enough  why  Eastman  Super 
X  has  become  the  cameraman's  stand-by... 
the  world's  most  widely  used  motion  picture 
negative  medium.  Eastman  Kodak  Company, 
Rochester,  N.  Y.  (J.  E.  Brulatour,  Inc.,  Dis- 
tributors, Fort  Lee,  Chicago,  Hollywood.) 


EASTMAN  SUPER  X 

PANCHROMATIC    NEGATIVE 


This  I 


ssue: 


Re-conditioning  Air  For  Pix  Theaters 

(Sec  pages  4-5-6) 


intimate  in  Character 
international  in  Scope 
Independent    in    Thought 


The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now  Twenty  Years  Old 


OL.  74,  NO.  2 


NEW  YORK,  SATURDAY.  JULY  2.  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


ouisiana  Anti-Ascap  Measure  Withdrawn  by  Sponsor 

)1  SERIKOF  FEATURES  §['38-39,  ALL-TJME  MARK 

£10,000,000  Production  Program  for  Pinewood  Studios 


Pix  Progress 

.  .  .  and  re-issues 

=  By  CHESTER  B.  BAHN  = 


JOT  unexpectedly  by  any  manner  of 
^  means,  the  flow  of  seasonal  re-issues 
:ross  the  nation's  sound-screens  these 
me  days  has  produced  some  assorted 
lueals  of   protest. 

Hero  worshippers  among  the  old  genera- 

on  of  fans  have  been  moved  to  complain 

the  home  town  gazettes  that  the  indus- 

y  is  guilty  of  sacrilege,  or  something  ap- 

-oaching  it. 

Movie   columnists   on   the   dailies,    taking 

cue  from  the  letters-to-the-editor,  have 
sen  having  their  say,  the  favorite  approach 
eing  references  to  the  disillusionment 
•suiting  from  some  of  the  older  silent 
Dies. 

Admittedly,  the  artistic  stature  of  play- 
's, directors  and  others  concerned  with 
ie  making  of  these  features  will  not  be 
lightened  by  the  present  re-examination, 
jch  artistic  evaluation  as  they  now  may 
ivite  necessarily  must  be  downward,  not 
pward. 

If  the  contrary  were  true,  it  would 
■ean  that  the  screen  during  the  elapsed 
;ars  had   failed  to  progress. 

There  is  no  better  way  to  bring  home 
1  the  cinema's  patrons  the  amazing  and 
larked  advance  that  production  has 
:hieved  than  the  current  wave  of  re- 
sues,  with  special  reference  to  those 
aring  back  to  the  silent  and  early  talkie 
ras. 

As  for  the  laughter  which  certain  of  the 
Ider  pictures  may  occasion,  there  is  a 
eal  of  truth  in  which  John  Mason  Brown 
ad  to  say  in  the  New  York  Post  the  other 
ay:  "In  the  last  analysis,  however,  it  is 
urselves    that    we    are    really    laughing    at 

.  .  we  are  laughing  at  our  changed 
astes." 

Precisely. 

—  •  — 
^PEAKING  of  the  cinema's  forward 
'  strides,  it  is  gratifying  to  find  leading 
tmerican  colleges  and  universities  recog- 
izing  what  has  been  accomplished  by  the 
idustry's  leaders  in  not  only  production 
ut  administration.  Singled  out  for  the 
eceipt  of  honorary  degrees  thus  far  this 
ommencement  season  have  been  J.  Robert 

(Continued  on  Page  2) 


Eight   Big   Pix   Planned;   Jobs 

for    2,000    Assured 

by  Schedule 

London  (By  Cable)— A  $10,000,000 
production  program  has  been  lined 
up  for  the  Pinewood  studios  by 
Captain  Richard  Norton,  managing 
director.  Figure  represents  the  ag- 
gregate to  be  spent  by  five  units — 
20th-Fox,  Pinebrook  Productions, 
Gilbert  and  Sullivan  Productions, 
Pascal  Productions  and  Anon  Films. 
Schedule  includes  eight  big  produc- 
tions and  eight  smaller  ones.  Pro- 
duction on  the  16  is  expected  to  be 

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243  U.  STFEATURES 
IN  FIRST  SIX  MONTHS 


Number  of  American-made  fea- 
tures released  during  the  first  six 
months  of  1938  showed  a  slight  in- 
crease over  the  same  period  of  1937, 
according  to  a  Film  Daily  survey. 

(Continued  on  Page   3) 

Metro  Acquires  Rights 

to  "On  Borrowed  Time" 


Rights  to  "On  Borrowed  Time" 
have  been  purchased  by  M-G-M  for 
production  on  the  1938-39  program. 

(Continued  on  Page   8) 


UTILITY  UNION 
PROTESTS 

75    Members    Notified   to 
Join  IATSE  By  Today 


West    Coast    Bureau,    of    THE   FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood — Seventy-five  members 
of  the  Studio  Utility  Workers,  Local 
724,  working  at  Republic  studios, 
have  filed  a  complaint  with  the 
NLRB  that  they  have  been  notified 
by  Victor  Clarke,  representative  of 
the  Motion  Picture  Producers  Ass'n 
that  they  must  join  the  IATSE  by 
today.  This  move  by  IATSE  is  be- 
lieved to  be  the  organization's  open- 
ing gun  in  a  campaign  to  bring  all 
studio  workers  under  jurisdiction 
of  IATSE. 


GUILD  GAINS  VOTES 
IN  CHALLENGE  EXAM, 


West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  ■ —  Results  of  the  ex- 
amination of  absentee  and  chal- 
lenged votes  at  the  local  NLRB 
office  yesterday  resulted  in  the 
Screen  Writers  Guild  gaining  four 
more    votes,    boosting    its    total    to 

(Continued  on  Page  8) 


Ascap's  Threat  of  Court  Fight  Seen 
Influencing  Withdrawal  of  La.  Bill 


4,024-Seat  Minneapolis 

Theater  Closed  by  Para. 

Paramount  has  closed  the  4,024- 
seat  Minnesota  Theater,  Minneap- 
olis, and  will  not  reopen  it,  John 
Friedl,  president  of  the  Minnesota 
Amusement  Co.,  Paramount  affiliate, 
stated  yesterday  in  New  York.  House 
closed   Thursday   night.      Lease   on 

(Continued  on  Page  3) 


Baton  Rouge,  La. — The  anti-Ascap 
measure  pending  in  the  Louisiana 
Legislature  was  withdrawn  in  the 
Senate  yesterday  by  its   sponsor. 

The  bill  had  passed  committee  and 
was  thought  certain  to  get  the  rush 
act  to  become  law,  but  Ascap's  quiet 
announcement  that  it  stood  ready  to 
test  the  law  in  Federal  court  im- 
mediately, if  passed,  is  generally 
considered  to  have  impressed  admin- 

(Continued  on  Page  3) 


By  RALPH  WILK 

West   Coast  Bureau   of   THE  FILM  DAILY 

Hollywood — Thirty-seven  series  of 
features,  designed  chiefly  for  fam- 
ily audiences,  are  planned  for  the 
1938-39  season,  giving  the  industry 
an  all-time  high. 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  will  top 
the  list  with  seven  groups  of  pic- 
tures. In  addition  to  the  "Charley 
Chans,"  "Jones  Family"  and  "Mr. 
Moto"  series  four  pictures  will  com- 
prise  the    "Big   Town    Girl"    series 

(Continued  on  Page  8) 

W.  J.  EADIEELECTED 
TO  20TH-F0H  BOARD 


Election  of  W.  J.  Eadie,  comp- 
troller of  Twentieth  Century-Fox 
Film  Corp.,  as  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  to  fill  the  vacancy 
created  by  the  death  of  the  late 
John  D.  Clark  was  announced  by 
the  company  yesterday. 

Eadie  has  been  connected  with 
the  company  for  the  past  10  years. 
A  public  accountant,  he  went  to  Fox 
Theaters  10  years  ago  as  comptrol- 

(Continued  on  Page  2) 

ULIAC  and  306  Prexies 

Sign  Settlement  Pact 

Signing  of  the  agreement  between 
Local  306  and  the  United  Long  Is- 
land Amusement  Corp.,  whereby  six 
projectionists  who  were  discharged 
last  Fall  go  back  to  work  tomorrow 
with  back  pay  concessions  and  a  50 
per  cent  wage  increase,  effective  im- 
mediately, took  place  yesterday. 
Samuel  Strausberg,  president  of  the 
circuit,  affixed  his  signature  to  the 

(Continued  cm  Page  8) 


No  Paper  July  4 

In  observance  of  the  national  holiday. 
Independence  Day,  there  will  be  no 
edition  of  THE  FILM  DAILY  on  Mon- 
day. Correspondents  will  govern  them- 
selves    accordingly. 


- 


riiu 

DAILY 


Saturday,  July  2,  1938 


Vol.  74,  No.  2  Sat.,  July  2,  1938  TO  Cents 


JOHN    W.    ALICOATE 


Publisher 


DONALD    M.    MERSEREAU      :     General    Manager 
CHESTER   B.   BAHN      ::::::  Editor 


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Paramount   1st   pfd..  . 
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507/8 
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MARKET 


Keith   A-0   6s46 

Loew  6s41ww    100        993^  100       +     Va 

Para.   B'way  3s55...   61%     61%     61%   +     % 

Para.     Picts.     6s55. .  .   933/4     933/4     933/4     

Para.  Picts.  cv.  3%s47    79         79        79       4-2 

RKO    6s41     69         67         69       +2 

Warner's    6s39    74%     74V4     74%   +   1 

NEW   YORK    CURB    MARKET 

Grand  National    3/8         3/8         3^  — 1-16 

Monogram    Picts.    ...     23,4       2%       2^4   +     Va 

Sonotone  Corp 1  %       1%       1%     

Technicolor     23V4     22%     22%  —  1 

Trans-Lux     

Universal    Picts 4%       4%       4%   +     3/8 

N.   Y.   OVER-THE-COUNTER   STOCK    MARKET 

Bid      Asked 

Pathe    Film    7    pfd 97         

Fox  Thea.   Bldg.  6%s   1st  '36 

Loew's   Thea.    Bldg.    6s    1st    '47 

Met.  Playhouse,   Inc.  5s  '43 

Roxy   Thea.    Bldg.   6i/4s    1st   '43 


w. 


J.  Eadie  Elected 

to  20th-Fox's  Board 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

ler.  Three  years  after  he  joined  the 
company  he  was  transferred  to  Fox 
Film  Corp.  as  an  assistant  to  Syd- 
ney Towell,  comptroller  at  the  time. 
When  Towell  was  appointed  treas- 
urer Eadie  took  over  the  comptrol- 
ler's post. 


with  PHIL  M.  DALY 


•  •      •     WHEN   TWO   enterprising   urchins   hear   about   this,   they'll 

be  plunged  into  gloom these  youngsters  of  13  and  11  years  visited 

the  offices  of  the  Walt  Disney  Enterprises  in  the  RKO  building,  apply- 
ing for  jobs  on  the  Disney  staff  of  cartoonists they  brought  copy 

books  along  with  samples  of  their  work they  were  given  literature 

explaining  the  Disney  qualifications,  and  the  interviewer  suggested  they 
return  when  they  were  twenty-one five  minutes  after  they  depart- 
ed, Walt  Disney  came  in,  and  was  fold  the  story he  dashed  out 

to  the  reception  room  to  talk  to  the  youngsters they  had  gone 

and  here's  hoping  they  don't  read  this,  and  learn  what  a  thrill  they 
missed  in  missing  talking  to  Walt  Disney 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     LUNCHEON  to  Howard   C.   Burkhardt,  promoted  to 

manager  of  Loew's  Capitol  at  Washington,  D.  C after  four 

years  as  manager  of  the  circuit's  State  at  Providence,  R.  I 

the  affair  was  held  at  the  Providence-Biltmore  last  Thursday, 
with  50  theater  managers,  civic  leaders  and  prominent  business 
men  present Edward  C.  Fay  was  toastmaster,  calling  on  ex- 
Mayor  Joseph  Gainer,  who  presented  Howard  with  a  traveling 

bag  as  a  gift  from  the  group Howard  introduced  Eddie  Mc- 

Bride,  formerly  of  Loew's  State,  Syracuse,  who  succeeds  him  at 

Providence among  those  present  were  Mayor  James  Dunne, 

Edward,  James  and  Bernard  Fay,  Martin  Toohey,  William  Brown 

of  RKO-Albee Nat  Cohen,  Abraham  Spitz,  Tony   Romano, 

William  Sprage,  division  manager  for  M  &  P,  and  H.  M.  Addison, 
division  manager  of  Loew's  State 

▼  ▼       .      ▼ 

•  •      •      CAMERAMAN  turns  mountain   goat RKO-Pathe   News 

staff  cameraman  Jack  McFarland  risked  his  neck  following  expert  gov- 
ernment climbers  in  the  search  for  Medill  McCormick  to  an  altitude  ol 

11,000  feet  on  the  Sandia  Mountain  above  the  Rio  Grande  canyon 

Fack   lugged    a    Bell   &   Howell the    party   weathered   six   different 

storms 


Pix  Progress 


and  re-issues 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

Rubin  of  Metro,  Walt  Disney  and  John 
Ford. 

Oglethorpe  bestowed  its  honorary  Doc- 
tor of  Laws  degree  upon  Rubin,  a  law 
graduate  of  Syracuse  University.  To  Dis- 
ney, U.S.C.  gave  its  honorary  Master  of 
Science  degree,  while  both  Yale  and  Har- 
vard conferred  an  honorary  Master  of  Arts. 
University  of  Maine  chose  Ford,  alumnus, 
for  an   honorary  Doctorate  of  Fine  Arts. 

Moreover,  the  industry's  own  journalistic 
field  has  not  been  slighted,  Martin  Quig- 
ley  receiving  the  honorary  Doctor  of  Litera- 
ture degree  from  Loyola. 

No  casual  honors,  these,  but  fitting  and 
deserved  rewards  of  untiring  service  to  a 
most  exacting  industry. 


Frown  on  Sunday  Pix 

Griffin,  Ga. — The  Griffin  city  com- 
missioners have  refused  to  approve 
a  request  for  Sunday  motion  pic- 
ture shows  for  charity,  stating  that 
it  would  not  be  "for  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  city"  to  permit  such 
shows. 


"Romance  of  Limberlost" 
Circuit  Deals  Are  Closed 


Monogram's  "Romance  of  the 
Limberlost"  has  been  set  for  every 
situation  in  all  circuits  in  the  Den- 
ver territory,  it  was  announced  yes- 
terday. Deals  have  been  set  with 
Fox  West  Coast,  Publix-Cooper, 
Black  Hills  Amusement  Co.,  Atlas 
Theater  Corp.,  Gibraltar  Enterpri- 
ses, Inc.,  R.  E.  Griffith  Theaters,  In- 
terstate Circuit  and  Civic  Theaters. 

Other  circuits  that  have  booked 
"Limberlost"  include  Malco  The- 
aters, Memphis,  and  Jefferson 
Amusement  Co.  of  Texas.  New  first- 
run  bookings  have  been  set  for  the 
RKO  Capitol,  Trenton,  N.  J.;  Keith's 
Memorial,  Boston;  RKO  Keith, 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  the  Liberty, 
Fort  Worth. 


Rebuilt  Chi.  House  Starts 

Chicago — The  Alex  Theater  at 
3826  W.  Madison  St.  has  opened. 
Formerly  the  Hamlin,  it  was  rebuilt 
at  a  cost  of  $100,000.  Aaron  Saper- 
stein  heads  the  company. 


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JAMES  R.  GRAINCER,  president  of  Republic, 
returned   yesterday  from   Chicago. 

JOHN     FRIEDL,     president    of    the    Min^sota' 
Amusement    Co.,    was    in    New    York    yf      -day 
en  route  to   New   England  for  a   vacation 

AL  CHRISTIE  and  his  wife  arrived  from:. 
Europe  yesterday  on  the  Champlain  after  an  f 
extended    vacation    trip. 

WATTERSON  ROTHACKER,   Paramount  execu-l 
tive,   left  for  the   Coast  last  night  on   the   Cen- 
tury.       He     returned     from     Europe     this    week 
on    the    Nieuw    Amsterdam. 

HAROLD   HENDEE,   director  of   RKO's  research 
department,    with    headquarters    in    New    York 
has    left    for    a     motor    trip    to    Montreal    anc 
Quebec. 

JACK  GLENN,  director  of  the  March  of  Time 
returned  yesterday  after  a  two-week  business 
trip    to   Washington. 

JOHN  WEXLEY,  screen  writer,  has  left  th( 
Coast   for  a   vacation   at   his   Pennsylvania   farm 

ARNOLD    ALBERT,    Warner    exploitation    man 
has    returned    to    the    Coast    after    a    New   Yorh 
stay  in  connection   with   the  opening  of  "White 
Banners." 

RUTH  MORROW,  of  Caumont  British  pub 
licity  department,  has  left  for  a  two-wee! 
vacation    in   the   Catskills. 

HARRY  C.  KIEPER,  purchasing  agent  fo 
United  Artists  studios,  is  in  New  York. 

HARRY  SMITH,  R.  HERTEL,  CLARENCI 
ELLIS  and  JOSEPH  WALSH,  RKO  Pathe  camera 
men,  sail  today  for  Bermuda  to  film  a  nev 
Sportscope  on  golf  which  will  feature  six  0 
the   Turnesa    Brothers,   who   are   also   sailing. 

JEAN   MUIR   is  on   her  way  fo   the   Coast. 

J.  A.  De  SEVE,  director  of  France-Film,  ii 
Montreal,  sails  today  on  the  Champlain  fo 
Europe. 

MARIA  DORAY,  Paramount  player,  arrives  ii 
New  York  next  week  for  a  part  in  a  new  play 


I 


Kaufman  B  &  K  Booker 

Chicago  —  Joseph  Kaufman  ha: 
been  named  assistant  booker  for  Bal 
aban  &  Katz.  His  father,  Abe  Kauf 
man,  chief  booker  is  confined  to  1 
hospital. 


Best  wishes   from   THE   FILM   DAILY  to 
the      following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY  2 

George   Folsey 

JULY   3 

Leon    Errol 

Wynne  Gibson 

Florence    E.    Miles 

Al  Petreanu 

JULY   4 

Louis    B.    Mayer 

Joe  Hornstein 

Harvey   Thew 

George  M.  Cohan 

Henry  Armetta  ' 

Mrs.  Thomas  Meighan 

Mary    Patricia    Alicoate 

Gloria    Stuart 

Vince   Barnett 

Barbara  Weeks 

Joseph  Ruttenberg 


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turday,  July  2,  1938 


THE 


DAILY 


+43  U.  S.  FEATURES 
T  IN  FIRST  SIX  MONTHS 


(Continued  from  Pace   1) 

dt   1938,  the  total  is  243  features 
id  235  were  released  in  1937. 
Features  imported  during  the  first 
■~fj>£  this  year  fell  off  from  1937. 
rn-rkup    shows    107    for    1938    and 

4  36  for  1937. 

Of  the  243  features  produced  by 
merican  companies,  167  were  re- 
used by  the  majors  and  76  through 
ulie  exchanges.  In  addition  major 
nnpanies    released    seven    English- 

»+iade  pictures. 

;" '  Including  the  seven  English  pic- 
ares  released  by  the  majors  a  total 
f  17  came  from  England,  plus  two 
•ora  Ireland.  Germany  supplied  31 
eatures,   Austria,  two   and   France, 

»frB.  Imports  from  other  countries 
ere,  Russia,  eight;  Sweden,  six; 
aly,  Mexico  and  Poland,  each  four; 
nd  Greece,  one. 


ndependent  Distributors 

Uninterested  in  Parleys 


Independent  distributors  have  not 
.een  asked,  nor  do  they  plan,  to  par- 
cipate  in  the  forthcoming  trade 
.  ractice  conferences  resulting  from 
ie  recent  establishment  of  a  com- 
littee  to  work  out  a  program.  Top 
idependent  execs  stated  yesterday 
nat  they  would  not  be  included  in 
ie  scheduled  parleys. 

In  a  statement  yesterday,  W.  Ray 
ohnston,    president    of    Monogram, 
;  aid  that  his  company  does  not  plan 
)  take  part  in  any  conferences  with 
xhibitor  representatives  for  the  pur- 
■:>  ose  of  solving  problems  with  which 
l   ertain    other    companies    are    con- 
nMronted.     He  added  that  despite  the 
1  i  o-called   recession   and   slack   busi- 
ess   generally,   Monogram  finds  it- 
self in  an  entirely  satisfactory  posi- 
—  on. 

"There  has  been  a  steady  increase 
i  our  collections,"  Johnston  also 
eclared. 


% 


WEDDING  BELLS 


Dallas — Eddie  Rose,  business  man- 
ger of  the  Four  Star  Pictures, 
'orp.,  Hollywood,  mai-ried  Essie 
Jurrett,  Dallas  girl,  after  a  two 
weeks'  romance. 


['est  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Fieldsie,  Carole  Lom- 
ard's  secretary,  will  continue  as 
uch  following  her  marriage  to  Wal- 
er  Lang,  director. 


London  (By  Cable) — Mary  Ellis, 
tctress,  was  married  here  yesterday 
o  Stewart  Roberts,  Scottish  woolen 
Manufacturer.  It's  the  bride's  fourth 


Vest   Coast   Bureau   of   THE  FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood — Lita      Grey      Chaplin 

\.guirre,    and    Arthur    F.    Day    Jr., 

heatrical  agent,  have  filed  a  notice 

2)f  intention  to  wed. 


REVIEWS  Of  DEW  flLfllS 


*  SHORTS  * 


"The  Fighting  Judge" 

(Your  True  Adventure) 

Vitaphone  13  mins. 

War  Romance 

This  Floyd  Gibbons  adventure  goes 
back  to  Civil  War  days,  and  he  nar- 
rates it  to  some  occupants  of  a 
house  in  Hagerstown,  Maryland.  A 
battle  scene  between  the  Yanks  and 
the  Southern  troops  shows  the 
wounding  of  the  son  of  Oliver  Wen- 
dell Holmes,  the  great  writer.  The 
father  sets  out  from  his  New  Eng- 
land home  to  find  his  son  in  some 
hospital.  Meanwhile  the  soldier  is 
discharged  from  a  hospital  and  takes 
refuge  in  a  private  home  in  Hagers- 
town, where  he  is  nursed  back  to 
health  by  the  young  daughter  of  the 
family.  Years  later  this  wounded 
soldier,  Supreme  Court  Justice 
Holmes,  is  shown  in  Washington 
meeting  again  the  girl,  now  an  old 
lady,  who  nursed  him  back  to  health. 
The  finale  has  Gibbons  presenting 
the  check  for  the  prize  to  the  old 
lady  in  question,  in  the  same  house 
where  the  wounded  young  officer  was 
nursed  by  her  to  health.  The  cast 
includes  Edward  Trevor,  J.  Colvin 
Dunn,  Suzanne  Jackson,  Patsy  Roe 
and  Ann  Mason.  Directed  by  Joseph 
Henabery. 

"Swing  Cat's  Jamboree" 

(Vitaphone  Variety) 

Vitaphone  8  mins. 

For   Jitterbugs 

Something  for  the  jitterbugs  to 
go  for.  It  shows  Louis  Prima  and 
his  band  in  a  night  club,  with  the 
young  swing  couples  seated  around 
the  tables.  Different  specialties  are 
presented,  all  done  in  the  swing-cat 
tempo.  The  band  plays  "Way  Down 
Yonder    In    New    Orleans."    Shirley 


Lloyd  does  a  song  number.  Ted 
Gary  and  Mitzi  Dahl  do  a  hot  swing 
specialty.  Then  closes  with  another 
swing  number  by  Prima  and  band. 
Directed  by  Roy  Mack. 

"Rainbow's  End" 

(Broadway  Brevity) 

Vitaphone  22  mins. 

Fine  Minstrel  Atmosphere 

The  hoboes  hold  a  reunion  in  the 
deep  south,  arriving  at  a  "jungle" 
camp  where  they  meet  the  rest  of 
the  fraternity.  Here  they  arrange 
an  old  time  minstrel  show.  The 
Interlocutor  is  Gus  Van.  Swor  and 
Lubin  are  the  end  men.  Eddie  Pea- 
body  plays  the  banjo.  Tommy  Raff- 
erty  dances.  The  Ambassadors  sing- 
A  prosperous  looking  stranger 
drives  along  the  road  with  a  fancy 
trailer,  and  sees  the  minstrel  show 
and  horns  in.  He  proves  to  be  Eddie 
Leonard,  the  oldtime  minstrel.  He 
takes  part  in  the  performance,  do- 
ing bits  from  his  old  minstrel  act 
that  the  kids  won't  recall,  but  dad 
will.  Finishes  with  all  hands  piling 
into  a  feast  in  the  trailer.  Directed 
by  Roy  Mack. 

"The  Lost  Kitten" 

(Betty  Boop) 

Paramount  7  mins. 

Amusing 

The  little  pup  Pudgy  sees  a  poor 
kitten  having  a  tough  time  trying 
to  get  some  food,  and  goes  out  of 
the  house  and  brings  the  kitten  back 
to  his  mistress,  Betty  Boop.  Soon 
the  kitten  is  eating  all  the  pup's 
food,  making  use  of  his  nice  bed, 
and  finally  supplanting  him  in  the 
affections  of  his  mistress.  This  is 
the  last  straw.  Pudgy  sneaks  out 
and  finds  the  mother  cat  yowling 
for  its  kitten,  and  brings  it  to  the 
house  to  rescue  the  unwanted 
stranger.  Then  Pudgy  is  happy 
again  as  Betty  Boop  gives  all  her 
attention  to  him.  A  Max  Fleischer 
cartoon. 


U.  S.  Steel's  Pix  Playing 

Gary,  South  Chi.  Houses 

Chicago — B  &  K's  State  theater  at 
Gary,  Ind.,  is  showing  the  U.  S. 
Steel  four-reel  Technicolor  film  "Men 
of  Steel"  on  its  regular  film  bill.  In 
the  mornings,  the  employes  of  the 
steel  mill  here  are  admitted  free. 

The  Commercial  theater  of  the  H 
and  E  Balaban  circuit  is  showing 
the  film  in  the  mornings  to  the  em- 
ployes of  the  U.  S.  Steel  in  South 
Chicago  area. 

It  is  reported  that  Jam  Handy 
service  will  handle  national  distri- 
bution. Monogram  Exchange  will 
service  local  theaters. 


"Yukon"  Set  for  London 

Republic's  "Call  of  the  Yukon" 
has  been  set  for  the  top  spot  at  the 
Plaza,  Paramount's  West  End  house 
in  London.  Picture  opens  there  in 
August. 


First  N.  Y.  Area  Drive-in 
Theater  at  Valley  Stream 

First  drive-in  theater  in  the  Met- 
ropolitan New  York  area  is  sched- 
uled for  immediate  construction  on 
the  Sunrise  Highway,  at  Valley 
Stream,  L.  I.,  by  the  Chanin  Organi- 
zation, with  preliminary  work  now 
under  way,  it  was  learned  yesterday. 
The  theater  is  expected  to  be  open 
in  six  weeks. 

The  pictures  will  be  projected  on 
a  screen,  60  by  48  feet.  The  pro- 
jection booth,  instead  of  being  in 
the  rear  of  the  lot,  will  be  set  at 
the  lateral  of  the  fourth  ramp  which 
is  a  departure  from  the  customary 
building  methods  used  in  this  type 
of  theater,  it  is  said. 

Semi-circular  ramps  will  be  used 
to  park  the  cars,  with  the  screen 
and  amplifying  equipment  to  be 
housed  in  a  steel  and  concrete  struc- 
ture about  134  feet  wide  and  80  feet 
high.  Offices  and  workrooms  will 
also  be  in  this  building,  it  is  stated. 


LOUISIANA  ANTI-ASGAP 
MEASURE  WITHDRAWN 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 
istration     leaders     who     reportedly 
passed  the  word  to  forget  the  whole 
thing. 

The  bill  was  modeled  along  the 
Washington  statute  which  was 
okayed  by  a  3-judge  federal  court 
at  Tacoma  this  week. 


4,024-Seat  Minneapolis 

Theater  Closed  by  Para. 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

the  theater  does  not  expire  until 
next  February  but  under  the  terms 
of  the  agreement,  Paramount  was 
not  obliged  to  operate  it  more  than 
six  months  of  any  calendar  year. 

It  is  not  likely  that  any  other  com- 
pany will  take  the  Minnesota  over 
because  of  the  high  overhead;  house 
was  built  before  Minneapolis  was 
ready  for  such  a  theater,  it  was 
said. 

The  company  also  has  closed 
four  suburban  theaters  for  the  sum- 
mer. 

Friedl,  who  is  headed  for  a  New 
England  vacation,  will  be  back  in 
New  York  in  two  weeks. 


Denver  Area  Changes 

Denver — Several  theaters  in  the 
territory  have  changed  owners  or 
names:  The  Crystal  Theater,  Carri- 
zozo,  N.  M.,  has  been  changed  to 
the  Lyric;  the  Walden  Theater, 
Walden,  Colo.,  has  been  changed  to 
the  Star;  the  Rio,  Mt.  Harris,  Colo., 
is  now  the  Liberty;  and  the  Victory, 
Krammling,  Colo.,  is  now  the  Ra- 
mona. 

The  Esseness  Theater  at  Rush- 
ville,  Neb.,  has  been  changed  to  the 
Plains,  and  has  been  taken  over 
by  William  Barnes  from  John  C. 
Gates.  Fay  Gardner  has  taken  over 
the  Star,  at  Curtis,  Neb.,  from  the 
Star  Enterprises.  Rodney  Davis 
has  sold  his  Avalon  Theater,  Ven- 
ango, Neb.,  to  H.  S.  Statler.  W.  J. 
Sturgess  has  bought  the  Real  The- 
ater in  Roy,  N.  M.,  from  H.  H.  But- 
ler. 


2€  yEAC/  4GC 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Tuesday,  July  2, 
1918: 

NEW  YORK— "The  Finger  of  Justice"  raises 
question  of  church  authority;  decision  in  case 
of  film  barred  from  Lyric  rests  on  power  of 
church  backing. 

BAR  HARBOR— John  Bowden  Boeck,  camera- 
man for  Maurice  Tourneur,  drowns  while  tak- 
ing a  scene  for  "Woman." 

CHICAGO — Martin  Quigley  buys  Motography; 
will    merge   with    the    Exhibitors'    Herald. 

CHICACO — American  Film  to  make  and  dis- 
tribute big  features,  says  President  Samuel  S. 
Hutchinson. 

Yes,  20  Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures! 


THE    FILM    DAILY 


Saturday,  July  1,  19311 


THEATERS 

•    AIR  CONDITIONING 

•    PROJECTION 

•     UPHOLSTERY 


EOUI1 


- 


MOHAIR  VELVET  HAS 
ACOUSTIC  QUALITIES 


By   CHARLES  E.   HOLDEN 

Furniture   Division, 
L.  C.  Chase  &  Company,  Inc. 

The  most  appropriate  answer  to 
the  exhibitor's  need  for  a  beautiful, 
comfortable  and  practical  upholstery 
fabric  that  will  look  fresh  and  new 
after  years  of  service  is  Mohair 
Velvet. 

Mohair  Velvet  is  good  looking 
and  comfortable.  Laboratory  and 
practical  tests  have  proven  it  cooler 
than  other  upholstery  fabrics,  be- 
cause its  construction  permits  air 
to  circulate  between  the  patrons 
body  and  the  seat,  thereby  prevent- 
ing the  occupant  from  "sticking" 
to  the  seat.  Its  soft  resilient  pile 
is  kind  to  clothing  and  aids  greatly 
in  maintaing  the  patron's  comfort- 
able posture. 

A  most  important  characteristic 
of  mohair  velvet  is  its  fine  acoustic 
qualities.  The  thousands  of  fibres 
stand  erect,  act  as  tiny  sound  traps 
and  help  solve  the  annoying  echo 
problem  prevalent  in  theaters  up- 
holstered with  other  materials. 

Mohair  takes  on  dye-stuff  with 
uncanny  fastness  and  its  scintillating 
sheen  gives  a  much  needed  zest  to 
theater  interiors.  There  is  no  end 
to  the  patterns  vogue  for  delicate 
shades  or  brilliant  tones  Mohair 
Velvet    is    incomparable. 

Sanitation  is  of  vital  importance 
and  it  should  be  touched  on  briefly. 
Soot,  dry  dirt  and  other  heavier 
than  air  particles  of  dust  that  fall 
on  flat  surfaced  materials  remain 
there  until  taken  off  by  patron's 
clothing.  In  summer,  light  apparel 
soiled  in  this  way  has  been  the 
cause  of  more  than  one  complaint. 
The  Mohair  fibre  has,  under  micro- 
scopic scrutiny,  perfectly  smooth 
sides  which  allow  loose  dirt  to 
sink  in  the  base  of  the  fabric  and 
remain  there  until  removed  by 
vacuum  cleaning. 

Mohair  velvet  is  easilv  and  econom- 
ically maintained  in  good  condition. 


fiBlach  Light*9  Lamp 

For  producing  dramatic,  weird  or  use- 
ful fluorescent  effects,  a  new  100  watt 
"black  light"  high  intensity  mercury 
vapor  lamp  is  announced  by  Westing- 
house  Electric  &  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, Lamp  Division  at  Bloomfield, 
N.  J.  This  lamp  has  an  outer  bulb 
which  acts  as  a  filter,  shutting  out 
practically  all  visible  light,  but  allow- 
ing most  ultra-violet  rays  commonly 
used  in  producing  fluorescence  to  pass 
through    with    little    diminution. 


Four  Detroit  Theaters 

Being  Air  Conditioned 

Detroit — Wave  of  new  air  condi- 
tioning installations  is  reported  by 
Elliott  S.  Kinney,  formerly  assistant 
general  manager  of  Allied  Theaters 
of  Michigan,  now  with  Simplex  En- 
gineering Co.  John  Tatu's  Nortown 
Theater,  Ben  and  Lou  Cohen's  Cap- 
itol, and  Wisper  and  Wetsman's 
Fenkell  are  all  being  given  new 
equipment,  at  an  average  cost  of 
$8,000  each.  The  Capitol  has  a  wa- 
ter cooling  and  sulphur  treatment 
installation,  and  the  Nortown  a  60- 
ton  Freon  Baker  Corp.  unit. 


Detroit — A  $15,000  air  condition- 
ing system  is  being  installed  in  the 
Woodward-Grand  Theater,  Highland 
Park,  North  End  suburb  of  Detroit. 
House  is  owned  by  the  Sam  Brown 
Circuit. 


Chicago  Circuits  Improve 

Seven  Picture  Theaters 


Chicago — The  Temple  Theater  of 
the  Bland  Brothers  circuit  is  getting 
a  new  modernistic  front.  The  Arg- 
more  Theater  of  the  Essaness  cir- 
cuit is  being  completely  modernized. 
The  Douglass  Theater  of  the  Stein- 
berg circuit  is  receiving  a  new  front 
and  lobby.  The  Parkway  Theater 
of  the  Rheinheiner  circuit  is  also 
being  modernized  in  every  depart- 
ment. 

R.  Levine  Co.  has  received  the 
contract  for  the  New  Delphi  Thea- 
ter remodeling  job. 

Ludwig  Sussman  of  the  Adelphi 
Theater  has  installed  the  latest 
Western  Electric  Hi-Range  Mirro- 
phonic  sound  system. 

B  &  K  has  completed  the  improve* 
ment  program  at  the  North  Side 
Pantheon  Theater,  which  included 
new  seats,  new  Dalite  screen  and 
the  modernization  of  the  air  condi- 
tioning system. 

The  Mort  Singer  circuit  has  com- 
pleted modernizing  the  Orpheum 
Theater  at  Minneapolis. 


3  Carrier  Installations 

Chicago — The  Air  Comfort  Cor- 
poration, Chicago  distributors  for 
the  Carrier  system  report  12%  busi- 
ness increase  over  the  same  period 
last  year.  M.  J.  Stevenson,  sales  di- 
rector, says  among  recent  installa- 
tions are  Woodlawn,  the  Patio,  and 
the  Fort  Dearborn  theaters. 


OTS  Fills  Krim  Order 

Detroit — Krim  Theatrical  Enter- 
prises have  installed  new  booth 
equipment  furnished  by  the  Oliver 
Theater  Supply  Co.  in  its  Harmony 
Theater.  House  has  also  been 
equipped  with  new  RCA  sound  pro- 
jectors. 


Westinghouse  Organizes 

New  Sales  Agency  Dept. 

East  Pittsburgh — Creation  of  an 
agency  sales  department  in  the 
Westinghouse  Electric  &  Manufac- 
turing Company  is  announced  by 
Ralph  Kelly,  vice-president  in  charge 
of  sales. 

F.  R.  Kohnstamm  has  been  ap- 
pointed manager  of  the  new  depart- 
ment, with  headquarters  in  Cleve- 
land. 


New  Canadian  Houses 

Montreal — Famous  Players  plans 
erection  of  a  theater  to  cost  be- 
tween $40,000  and  $50,000  at  Till- 
sonburg,  Ont. 

Theater  Holding  Corp.  will  con- 
struct a  500-seat  theater  at  Larder 
Lake,  Ont. 


Air  Conditioning  Order 

Tulsa,  Okla.— Natkin  &  Co.  has 
sold  a  $20,000  air  conditioning  unit 
to  I.  A.  Adelman  for  his  new  the- 
ater being  constructed  at  15th  and 
Lewis  here. 


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Construction  Under  Way 

on  New  Park  Av.  House 


Construction  work  is  under  way 
on  a  590-seat  "intimate"  type  talk- 
ing picture  theater  and  adjoining 
two-story  shop  building  on  a  Park 
Ave.  plot  between  53rd  and  54th 
Sts.,  owned  by  Robert  Walton  Goe- 
let.  The  theater  will  be  named  the 
Normandie. 

The  new  buildings,  which  will  face 
on  53rd  St.,  were  designed  by  Ro- 
saria  Candela,  architect.  Hegeman 
Harris  Co.  are  the  builders. 

The  theater  will  be  ready  for  oc- 
cupancy Oct.  15.  It  has  been  leased 
to  the  Normandie  Theater  Corp., 
headed  by  Philip  Smith,  who  has 
been  in  the  theater  business  for  20 
years  and  manages  a  string  of  "in- 
timate" theaters  in  New   England. 


Two   Ritter  Theaters 

to  be  Air-Conditioned 


Detroit — J.  C.  Ritter  is  planning 
immediate  installation  of  air  condi- 
tioning in  his  two  theaters,  the  Riv- 
ola  and  the  Rialto,  at  an  estimated 
cost  of  $11,000  and  $14,000  each. 
Mechanical  Heat  and  Cold,  Inc.,  are 
doing  the  job. 


Krass  to  Remodel  Dix 

Detroit — Complete  remodeling  of 
the  Dix  Theater,  West  Side  house, 
is  planned  by  John  M.  Krass,  owner 
of  the  Oakman  and  Coliseum,  who 
has  just  taken  over  the  house,  va- 
cated by  Clare  Winnie,  who  retains 
the  Wolverine.  Reopening  is  sched- 
uled for  late   summer. 


Open  New  House  July  16 

Watertown,  Wis.  —  Savoy  Enter- 
prises, Inc.  has  scheduled  the  open- 
ing of  its  new  theater  here  for  July 
16.  A  store  building  was  converted 
for  the  new  theater. 


Ashcroft  Lamps  Order 

Montreal  —  John  Costis  of  the 
Palace,  Granby,  is  equipping  his 
theater  with  Ashcroft  low  intensity 
lamps,  supplied  by  Dominion  Sound 
Equipments. 


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Yfir   Celotex   Boohlet 

Chicago — The  Celotex  Co.  is  releasing 
a  new  booklet  on  "Less  Noise  and 
Better    Hearing"    to    the    theater    trade. 


Photophone  Installation 

In  India's  Largest  House 


The  Eros,  Bombay,  largest  pix 
house  in  India,  has  been  formally 
opened  with  complete  RCA  Photo- 
phone  sound  equipment,  by  its 
managing  director,   S.   C.   Cambata. 

Besides  the  newest  type  of  sound 
projection  apparatus,  the  house  also 
has  a  complete  re-enforcement  sys- 
tem for  augmenting  the  sound  from 
stage,  and  hearing  devices  for  the 
hard-of-hearing.  The  theater  is  part 
of  a  massive  modern  structure 
which  also  houses  a  restaurant, 
shopa  and  apartments,  surmounted 
by  a  140-ft.  tower. 


Install  GE  System 

Oklahoma  City  — -  Installation  has 
been  completed  on  the  new  $50,000 
GE  air-conditioning  equipment  in 
the  Midwest  Theater  here.  M.  S. 
McEldowney  &  Sons  of  Oklahoma 
City  made  the  installation. 


70  ST.  LOUIS  HOUSES 
IMPROVING  BOOTHS 


St.  Louis — Owners  of  some  70 
theaters  in  the  city  are  making 
necessary  repairs  and  alterations, 
etc.,  to  bring  their  houses  into  line 
with  the  theater  projection  booth 
safety  ordinance.  The  average  cost 
of  this  work  is  close  to  $2,000,  it 
has   been   estimated. 

In  the  early  part  of  this  year 
the  owners  of  about  39  theaters  went 
into  court  in  opposition  to  the  new 
ordinance,  but  the  litigation  was 
dropped  when  Safety  Director 
George  W.  Chadsey  revealed  that  all 
he  would  expect  was  a  reasonable 
compliance  with  the  ordinance  by 
existing  theaters.  The  ordinance 
was  put  through  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men at  the  request  of  officials  of  the 
IATSE. 

Principal  provisions  call  for  two 
exits  to  projection  booths,  separate 
rewind  rooms,  fireproof  stairways 
to  booth  and  proper  ventilation. 
The  ordinance  calls  for  the  employ- 
ment of  two  operators  for  the  pro- 
ment  of  two  operators  for  the  pro- 
jection machines. 


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OUTLINES  FUNCTIONS 
OF  CONDENSING  UNIT 


General  Electric,  in  its  recent  bul- 
letin PM-1111,  simplifies  for  the  cir- 
cuit and  individual  theater  man  the 
basic  functions  of  a  condensing  unit 
in  a  modern  air  conditioning  system. 
These  functional  divisions  are  as 
follows: 

In  the  cooling  coil  the  refrigerant 
produces  a  cooling  effect.  Refriger- 
ant in  the  form  of  a  liquid  enters 
the  cooling  coil  through  the  expan- 
sion valve  at  one  end,  produces  a 
cooling  effect  and  leaves  at  the 
other  end  as  a  gas.  From  the  cool- 
ing coil  the  gas  is  drawn  back  to 
the  compressor. 

Function  of  the  compressor  is  to 
keep  removing  the  gas  from  the 
cooling  coil,  boost  it  to  a  higher 
pressure,  and  discharge  it  to  the 
condenser.  This  provides  a  contin- 
ual circulation  of  refrigerant 
through  the  system.  Action  of  the 
compressor  maintains  in  the  cooling 
coil  the  low  pressure  which  is  need- 
ed to  produce  a  cooling  effect,  and 
maintains  in  the  condenser  the  high 
pressure  which  is  needed  to  change 
the  gas  to  a  liquid.  From  the  com- 
pressor, the  gas  passes  directly  to 
the  condenser. 

In  the  condenser  the  gas  is  cooled 
and  liquefied;  that  is,  it  is  prepared 
in  such  fashion  that  it  may  again 
be  used  in  the  cooling  coil  and  pro- 
duce a  cooling  effect.  Water  flow- 
ing through  the  condenser  remove3 
the  heat  given  up  as  the  gas  changes 
to  a  liquid  in  the  condenser.  The 
liquid  is  stored  either  in  the  con- 
denser or  in  a  separate  receiver, 
to  be  used  as  needed. 

From  the  condenser,  or  receiver, 
liquid  enters  the  cooling  coil  through 
a  suitable  expansion  valve,  purpose 
of  which  is  to  regulate  refrigerant's 
flow  into  the  cooling  coil. 

It  is  in  the  cooling  coil  where 
cooling  actually  takes  place. 

G-E  condensing  units  are  avail- 
able in  a  wide  range  of  sizes,  from 
1  to  50  horsepower,  suitable  for  ap- 
plications ranging  from  a  single 
room  in  the  modern  film  theater  to 
the  entire  building  itself  when  units 
are  used  in  multiple. 


Uhler  Co.  Expanding 

Detroit — Louis  S.  Uhler,  head  of 
the  Uhler  Cine  Machine  Co.,  states 
he  has  discontinued  35  mm  and  is 
making  16  mm  sound  projectors 
only..  He  has  increased  his  work- 
ing capital  and  is  inaugurating  an 
expansion  program. 


Widenberg  Gets  Contract 

Des  Moines — Tri-States  Theaters 
Corp.  has  let  the  contract  for  a 
new  suburban  theater  to  be  con- 
structed in  Highland  Park  in  north 
Des  Moines,  to  John  Widenberg  of 
Des  Moines. 


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Chemistry  Furnishes  Channels 

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machine  for  such  an  application  is  capable  of  conditioning  over  15,000 
feet  of  air  per  minute. 

THE  entire  range  of  contemporary  experimentation  in  the  realm  of  air- 
conditioning  and  reconditioning  is  entering  gainfully,  it  is  said,  into 
the  perfection  of  installations  generally,  as  well  as  the  institution  of 
new  and  more  efficient,  as  well  as  more  economic,  units. 

Problems  being  met  by  engineers  in  the  instances  of  general  air-condi- 
tioning are  constantly  furnishing  practical  clues  to  the  perfection  of 
specific  machinery,  such  as  is  utilized  in  film  laboratories.  The  converse 
is  also  true,  it  is  declared,  for  the  laboratory  problems'  solutions  are  aid- 
ing and  abetting  perfection  of  units  supplied,  for  example,  to  the  film 
theaters. 


Rushville  Publisher-Exhib. 

Will  Modernize  Theater 


Denver  —  William  Barnes,  who 
also  publishes  the  newspaper  a,t 
Rushville,  Neb.,  has  bought  the  Es- 
saness  Theater  there,  and  as  a  part 
of  his  remodeling  job  has  ordered 
from  the  National  Theater  Supply 
Co.  two  new  Simplex  Acme  sound 
projectors,  a  Walker  White  sound 
screen,  new  carpet  and  padding  as 
well  as  new  Ezy  rug  mats. 

Other  recent  sales,  indicating  ac- 
tivity in  bringing  theater  properties 
up  to  date,  reported  by  National, 
include  Simplex  semi-professional 
sound  projection  equipment  to  the 
Gaiety,  Craig,  Colo.;  Walker  Silver- 
sheet  sound  screen,  Vallen  curtain 
track  and  velour  curtain  and  drapes 
to  the  Mission,  Katch,  N.  M.;  Walk- 
er sound  screens  to  the  Palm,  Bay- 
ard, Neb.;  Tompkins,  Colorado 
Springs,  Colo.,  and  the  Mission, 
Grand  Junction,  Colo.;  new  Simplex 
rear  shutters  installed  on  Simplex 
overhaul  jobs  to  the  Main  and  Ava- 
lon,  Pueblo,  Colo.,  and  the  Mines, 
Idaho  Springs,  Colo. 

Wyandotte  Opening  Sept.  1 

Detroit — Associated  Theaters  an- 
nounce their  new  $80,000  1,500-seat 
house  at  Wyandotte  will  open  about 
Sept.  1.  Arrangements  are  now 
being  made  for  equipment.  Hyde  & 
Williams,  of  Detroit,  are  the  archi- 
tects. 


Mirrophonic  Installation 

Chicago  —  The  Adelphi  Theater, 
under  Ludwig  Sussman  manage- 
ment, has  installed  the  first  Western 
Electric  Hi  Range  Mirrophonic  sys- 
tem. 


Europe's   Largest  Theater 
Interests  U.  S.  Decorators 


Considerable  interest  is  being 
manifest  by  decorators  and  archi- 
tects on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  in 
the  interior  treatment  of  the  Gau- 
mont  State,  which  is  located  in  Kii- 
burn,  London,  and  is  Europe's  larg- 
es  cinema  palace.  House  opened  re- 
cently. 

Vastness  of  the  huge  auditorium 
can  be  appreciated  through  citation 
of  its  seating  capacity  which  is 
4,004,  with  2,400  of  these  seats  in 
the  stalls  floor.  In  spite  of  its 
hugeness,  the  decoration,  it  is  re- 
ported has  been  so  cleverly  propor- 
tioned that  any  feelings  of  being 
overawed  by  its  magnitude  are  im- 
mediately dispelled. 

The  Italian  Renaissance  style  Is 
employed  for  the  architectural 
treatment;  side-wall  arches  pel- 
meted  and  curtained  in  gold  and 
peony-red  cut  into  large  coves  at 
the  junction  of  walls  and  ceiling 
and  with  their  modelled  and  vaulted 
surfaces  lead  up  to  a  richly  deco- 
rated ceiling  in  peacock  green  and 
pink  beige  with  a  circular  motif 
supporting  a  flood-lighted  dome,  the 
crown  of  which  is  72  feet  above  the 
floor  level.  Further  small  lighted 
domes  at  the  rear  of  the  balcony 
help  to  fill  the  auditorium  with  a 
general  diffused  amber  lighting. 

Two  New  Canadian  Houses 

Toronto — Theater  Holdings,  Ltd., 
will  build  an  800-seat  theater  on 
Main  St.,  Geraldon.  A  800-1,000- 
seat  theater  will  be  erected  at  a 
cost  of  over  $80,000  in  Lethbridge, 
Alberta,  by  American  and  Eastern 
Canada  interests. 


Michey  Mouse  JVomj  Air-Conditioned 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Harold  Stockly,  Los  Angeles  consulting  engineer,  has  devised  a  unique 
air  conditioning  installation  for  the  Walt  Disney  Studios  whereby  fresh  outside  air  is 
drawn  through  Trane  Cooling  Coils,  thus  lessening  its  moisture  content  before  it  enters 
the  building.  A  portion  of  this  air  is  then  mixed  with  the  return  air  from  the 
building  and  discharged  from  a  cooling  tower.  The  Disney  staff  believes  that  even 
Mickey's  famous  voice  will  be  more  melodious  from   now  on. 


WOMETCO  THEATERS 
TO  SPEND  $125$: 


Miami,    Fla. — Wometco    Theaters 
Inc.,    is    announcing    an    expansioi  - 
and     improvement    program     whicl  I 
will      involve      the      spending      o:1 
$125,000.     Included  will  be  air  con 
ditioning   of   the   Biltmore    Theaten 
and    a    new    cooling    plant    for    th< 
Grove.     New   executive   offices   wil 
be  created  in  the  space  now  occu 
pied     by     the     art     department    oj 
North  Miami  Ave.    Two  new  Negri 
theaters,  one  to  cost  $35,000  and  thi 
other    $20,000,    will    be    erected    h  - 
Miami   and    Coconut   Grove.     Worl 
on   the   new   expansion   program   i: 
to  begin  at  once,  say  officials  of  thi 
company. 


Isis,  Grand  Rapids,  Will 

Be  Remodeled  as  Cente 




Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  —  The  Isi 
Theater  here  will  undergo  complet 
modernization  at  an  estimated  cos 
of  $35,000,  according  to  E.  C.  Beat 
ty,  president  of  W.  S.  Butterfiel<r 
Theaters,  Inc.  The  remodeled  thea 
ter  will  open  early  in  August  am 
will  be  known  as  the  Center  Thea 
ter.  The  plans  include  re-facing  o 
the  front  with  macotta.  usinj 
Chinese  red,  forest  green  and  stain 
less  steel. 

The  lobby  will  be  completely  re 
done  with  new  terrazzo  floor,  wal 
nut  marlite  walls  and  a  ceiling  o 
acoustic  tile.  The  foyer  will  mate! 
in  finish.  The  auditorium  will  hav 
new  flooring,  the  stage  wall  will  b 
moved  back  and  walls  will  be  cov 
ered  to  improve  sound. 

American  Seating  Co.  will  instal 
1,000  upholstered  seats.  The  wirinj 
will  be  renewed  and  a  new  mar 
quee,  sign  and  attraction  board  wil 
match  the  macotta  front. 


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Sparks,  Plans  16th  Century 
Atmospheric   Pix  Theate. 

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St.  Augustine,  Fla.  —  Work  ha 
been  started  on  a  new  1,200-sea 
theater  here  by  E.  J.  Sparks.  H.  £ 
Baird,  Inc.,  of  Jacksonville,  is  th 
general  contractor  and  Roy  A.  Ben 
jamin,  also  of  Jacksonville,  is  th 
architect.  The  theater  will  be  know 
as  the  Mantaza  and  will  represen 
an  investment  of  $100,000. 

The  architecture  will  be  of  16t 
Century  Spanish  and  all  ornamer 
tation  maintaining  the  proper  fee) 
ing  and  atmosphere  of  other  build 
ings  in  this  America's  oldest  citj 
Indirect  lighting  will  be  used  es 
clusively. 

It  is  one  of  the  few  places  wher 
the  Sparks  interests  have  gone  int 
a  community,  purchased  land  an 
erected  a  building.  The  usual  pre 
cedure  is  for  local  interests  to  buil 
a  theater  and  lease  it  to  Sparks 


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THEATER     CHANGES 

Theater  Closings-Openings-New  Houses-Renovations-Ownership  Changes 

A  Nation-wide  Survey  oi  Theater  Conditions  Conducted  Exclusively  for  THE  FILM  DAILY  by 


ROSS  FEDERAL  SERVICE,  INC. 


Theater  Closings 


GEORGIA 

Dublin  —  Rose  (6-7-38);  Owner: 
.irtin  Theaters,  Inc.;  Not  enough 
-iness. 

ILLINOIS 
ulesburg— West   (5-21-38);   Clos- 
I'r  for  summer. 

KANSAS 

Arkansas  City — Isis. 
MISSOURI 

St.   Joseph  —  Electric    (5-30-38); 

ivner:    Dubinsky's;    Poor   business. 

Greenfield— Strand    (6-1-38);  Own- 

W.  C.   Slinkar;  Dismantled. 

^Washington  —  Garden   (6-14-38); 

vner:    Commonwealth   Amusement 

rp.;   Lack  of  business. 

NEW  JERSEY 

J  Princeton— Arcade  (6-25-38) ;  Pop- 
ation  decrease. 

Princeton    —    Garden     (6-25-38); 
pulation   decrease. 

NEW  YORK 

a$ Rochester   —   Strand      (6-19-38); 
"jl'vner:  C.  Fennyvessey;  Poor  busi- 

Syracuse — Avon  (6-11-38);  Own- 
:  George  Smith;  Closing  during 
;  mmer  months. 
Syracuse  —  Harvard  (6-11-38); 
-vner:  George  Smith;  Closing  dur- 
g  summer  months. 

OHIO 

Alliance  —  Columbia  (6-4-38); 
vner:  Tri  Theaters,  Inc.;  For  sum- 


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OKLAHOMA 

2  Tishomingo  —  Princess    (6-4-38); 
ivner:    Thompson;     Closed    during 
...Aeek,  open  week-ends. 
OREGON 
asji Portland— Blue    Mouse    (6-22-38); 
iwiflwner:  Hamrick  Evergreen  Circuit; 
jr  summer. 
I  Hood    River— Cascadian    (6-5-38); 
wner:    Art    Kolstad;    For    summer 
onths. 

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Theater  Openings 


IDAHO 

*H  Aberdeen  —  Aberdeen    Ward,    200 
ats     (4-1-38);    Owner:    L.    D.    S. 
i  '-^hurch;  House  Manager:  J.  F.  Mon- 
;ofH,n;    Previously   closed    12-30-37. 

ILLINOIS 

jjjjj  Mounds — Roxy,   600   or   700   seats 
J  June     15);     Previously     closed     in 
bruary. 

OREGON 

:  Oregon  City  —  Long's  Star,  350 
B*2ats  (7-4-38);  Owner:  W.  A.  Long; 
iouse  Manager:  C.  A.  Jones;  Pre- 
viously closed  5-15-38. 

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ALABAMA 

Opelika— Martin,  1,600  seats  (7-1- 
38);  Builder:  Roy  E.  Martin;  Cost: 
$60,000;  House  Manager:  J.  S.  Big- 
gers. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Merrimac — Merrimac  Auto  Thea- 
ter, 400  cars  (6-25-38);  Merrimac 
Park;  Builder:  George  Swartz; 
House  Manager:   E.  Finn. 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

Jacksonville  —  Onslow  (6-17-38) ; 
House  Manager:  J.  C.  Thompson. 

OHIO 

Lancaster — Broad,  450  seats  (6- 
25-38);  S.  Broad  St.;  Builder:  Leo 
Kessel;  Architect:  F  &  Y;  Cost: 
$50,000;  House  Manager:  H.  C. 
Kneller. 

TEXAS 

Borger  —  State,  500  seats  (6-10- 
38);  Builder:  V.  Ham;  Cost:  $60,- 
000;  House  Manager:  V.  Ham. 

WASHINGTON 

Cashmere— Vale,  800  seats  (6-23- 
38);  Main  St.;  £ost:  $100,000; 
House  Manager:  T.  R.  Wilson. 


Theaters  Under 
Construction 


CALIFORNIA 

Los  Angeles — Clinton,  750  seats, 
526  N.  Western  Ave.;  Ai-chitect: 
Raphael  A.  Nicolais;  Cost:  $75,000; 
Operator:  C.  W.  Blake;  to  be  com- 
pleted Aug.  1. 

Bakersfield— Nile,  800  seats,  19th 
St.;  Builder:  West  Coast  Construc- 
tion; Architect:  Wilson-Merrill  & 
Alexander;  Cost:  $115,000;  Opera- 
tor: Fox  West  Coast;  to  be  com- 
pleted 7-2-38. 

IOWA 

Storm  Lake  —  New,  600  seats; 
Builder:    Thomas   Park;    Cost:   $40,- 


000;    Operator:    Norman    &    Kuech; 
to  be  completed  9-1-38. 

OKLAHOMA 

Broken  Bow  —  Broken  Bow,  350 
seats,  Main  St.;  Cost:  $10,000;  Op- 
erator: Independent;  to  be  com- 
pleted October,  1938. 


Theaters  Planned 


ALABAMA 

Opelika— Martin,  1,600  seats,  8th 
St.  between  Ave.  A  and  B;  Builder: 
Roy  E.  Martin;  Cost:  $60,000;  Op- 
erator: J.  S.  Bigger. 

CALIFORNIA 

Rosemead — New,  800  seats,  Rose- 
mead;  Architect:  Chas.  S.  Lee;  Op- 
erator: Edwards  Theaters,  Inc. 

GEORGIA 

Abbeville  —  Amuzu,  300  seats, 
Ford-Macdonald  Bldg.;  Operator: 
W.  W.   Shuman. 

KANSAS 

Leavenworth    —    Pioneer,       1,100 
seats,     6th     and     Delaware;     Cost: 
$100,000;    Operator:    Dubinsky's. 
MAINE 

Lincoln  —  Lincoln,  transferred  to 
Lincoln  Theater,  Inc.,  by  Harry 
Morgan. 

MONTANA 

Bainville  —  Bainville,  250  seats, 
Civic  Center  Bldg.;  Builder:  WPA; 
Operator:   Commercial   Club. 

NEW  YORK 

Hornell — New,  900  seats,  Main 
St.;  Builder:  Local;  Architect: 
Spahn;  Cost:  $80,000;  Operator:  I. 
Cohen. 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

Jacksonville — Onslow. 


Renovations 
Planned 


CALIFORNIA 

Oakland  —  Gateway;  Work  Plan- 
ned: Complete  renovation;  Owner: 
Golden  State. 


Skipper  Hammons  Busy 

E.  W.  Hammons,  president  of 
Educational,  is  entering  his  33-foot 
sloop,  Four  Winds,  in  three  races 
over  the  week-end.  Hammons  will 
vie  for  honors  today  in  the  Amer- 
ican Yacht  Club  regatta  at  Rye, 
and  again  tomorrow  and  Monday  at 
the  Larchmont  Yacht  Club.  Last 
Sunday  his  boat  was  only  a  minute 
and  35  seconds  behind  the  winner 
at  Larchmont  where  he  was  racing 
against  some  of  America's  ace  con- 
tenders. 


Evanston   House  to  Ford 

Chicago  —  Frank  Ford,  veteran 
Sterling  Theater  manager,  has 
taken  over  the  Stadium  Theater  at 
Evanston  and  placed  Harry  Ascher, 
formerly  head  of  the  old  Ascher 
circuit,  in  charge.  Ford  plans  to 
add   other  houses. 


Republic's  New  Number 

Republic's  home  office  has  a  new 
telephone  number  and  one  that  is 
easier  to  remember.  It  is  Circle 
5-7300. 


Corning — Rodgers;  Work  Planned: 
Installation  of  210  full  upholstered 
chrome  metal  seats;  Owner:  F.  W. 
Rodgers;  to  be  completed  7-15-38. 

IOWA 

Lake  City — Iowa;  Work  Planned: 
Redecorating  interior  and  enlarging 
ventilating  system;  Owner:  R.  M. 
Berneau;  to  be  completed  Aug.  1, 
1938. 

KENTUCKY 

Fulton — The  New  Malco;  Work 
Planned :  Complete  renovation ; 
Owner:  Malco  Circuit;  to  be  com- 
pleted 7-1-38. 

NEW  YORK 

Buffalo — Grider  Kensington;  Work 
Planned:  Complete  interior  redeco- 
ration;  Owner:  Menno  Dykstra;  to 
be  completed  7-16-38. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Harrisburg  —  State;  Work  Plan- 
ned: A  new  cooling  plant  is  being 
installed  by  York  Ice  Machinery 
Co.;  Owner:  Wilmer  &  Vincent  The- 
aters Corp.;  to  be  .completed  7-1-38. 

Shippensburg — State;  Work  Plan- 
ned: Installation  of  rest  rooms,  air 
condition,  new  marquee,  adding 
seats;  Owner:  Notopoulos  &  Grib- 
ble,  Inc. 


Change  in 
Ownership 


MINNESOTA 

Casa  Lake — Lyric,  transferred  to 
Chuck  Smith  &  Jack  Kennedy  by 
Charky  Perrizo;  House  Manager: 
Hi  Potvin. 

MISSOURI 

Grenfield  —  Plaza  (formerly  Wil- 
son), transferred  to  A.  J.  Simmons 
by  Paul  Leathers;  House  Manager: 
A.  J.  Simmons. 

OREGON 

Myrtle  Point — Hiland,  transferred 
to  Arthur  Hoffman  by  Austin  G. 
Dodge;  House  Manager:  Arthur 
Hoffman. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Topton  —  Palace,  transferred  to 
Max  Korr  by  Henry  Sork;  House 
Manager:  Leon  Korr. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

Saluda — Saluda,  transferred  to  J. 
L.  Weiner  by  Albert  Berelowitz; 
House  Manager:  Duane  Darby. 

WASHINGTON 

Bingen  —  Gorge,  transferred  to 
Michalson  by  Mel  Reed;  House  Man- 
ager: Mel  Reed. 

Snohomish  —  Brown's,  transferred 
to  C.  L.  Kirby-Eldon  Pollock  by  Lon 
C.  Brown;  House  Manager:  C.  L. 
Kirby. 


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Saturday,  July  2,  193i: 


GUILD  GAINS  VOTES 
IN  CHALLENGE  EXAM. 


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271.  No  votes  were  awarded  to 
Screen  Playwrights. 

The  Guild  gained  three  more  votes 
at  Paramount,  cringing  its  vote 
there  to  20,  giving  a  clear  major- 
ity over  SP's  vote  of  14.  SWG  also 
gained  a  vote  at  Samuel  Goldwyn 
Productions,  raising  the  total  there 
to  two. 

Dr.  Towne  Nylander,  regional  di- 
rector of  NLRB,  is  sending  the  elec- 
tion reports  immediately  to  all  stu- 
dios and  has  given  them  until  4:30 
p.m.  July  7th  to  file  any  objections. 
Reports  are  then  to  be  forwarded 
to  Washington. 


ULIAC  and  306  Prexies 

Sign  Settlement  Pact 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

papers  and  Joseph  D.  Basson,  presi- 
dent of  Local  306,  signed  for  the 
Union. 

Appeal  filed  by  ULIAC  for  a  re- 
hearing of  the  case  after  the  Appel- 
late division  granted  a  stay  of  ac- 
tion on  an  order  handed  down  by 
the  New  York  State  Labor  Rela- 
tions Board  directing  the  circuit  to 
rehire  the  men  with  full  back  pay, 
which  was  subsequently  approved 
in  Supreme  Court  of  New  York,  De- 
partment I,  will  be  discontinued,  if 
negotiations  are  successfully  con- 
cluded between  the  circuit  and  the 
Local  in  September,  date  set  for  the 
meeting,  it  was  said. 


Barrist  Will  Bring  Out 

Two  New  Theater  Games 

Philadelphia  —  "Gueso,"  and 
"Quizo,"  the  Quality  Game  Co.'s  suc- 
cessors to  "Bonus"  and  "Bingo",  are 
scheduled  for  simultaneous  opening 
at  an  early  date  in  Philadelphia, 
New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  Detroit, 

According  to  David  Barrist,  cre- 
ator of  the  new  games,  they  involve 
the  use  of  over  6,000  questions, 
answers.  "Gueso"  and  "Quizo", 
have  been  protected  by  trademark, 
registrations,    copyrights. 

Warner  Mgrs.  Meet 

Racine,  "Wis.  —  Joseph  Bernhard, 
Warner  general  manager,  and  Zone 
Manager  Coston  met  with  50  War- 
ner managers  Thursday  to  discuss 
methods  to  stimulate  theater  attend- 
ance during  the  summer  months. 


Rink  Opposition 

Shrewsbury,  England  (By  Cable)— It 
is  reported  that  picture  theaters  .  in 
Wales  and  borderline  cities  will  soon 
face  new  opposition  in  the  form  of 
skating  rinks.  Pat  Collins,  amusement 
caterer,  plans  to  build  a  chain  of  skat- 
ing rinks  in  Wales  and  the  English  bor- 
der towns  of  Hereford,  Shrewsbury  and 
Worcester.  First  rink  is  now  under  con- 
struction at  Rhos-on-Sea,  Colwyn  Bay, 
where  a  day  and  a  night  shift  are  em- 
ployed to  hurry  the  building  into  readi- 
ness for  an  Aug.  1  opening.  Cost  of 
the   rink    is   given   as  $130,000. 


37  Series  of  Features  for  1938-39 
Will  Give  Industry  Ail-Time  Record 


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co-featuring  Lynn  Bari  and  June 
Lang  and  a  like  number  will  deal 
with  the  adventures  of  newsreel 
cameramen.  Brian  Donlevy  and 
Wally  Vernon  will  play  the  leads  in 
the  latter,  to  be  called  "Camera 
Daredevil"  series.  In  addition,  20th- 
Fox  will  launch  a  "Roving  Reporter" 
series  of  comedy-melodramas  based 
on  the  adventures  of  two  newspaper- 
men. Michael  Whalen  and  Chick 
Chandler  will  be  featured  in  the 
group.  The  first  one  will  be  "Meri- 
dian 7-1212,"  with  Jerry  Cady  on 
the  screen  play,  and  the  second  will 
be  "While  New  York  Sleeps,"  with 
a  scenario  by  Frances  Hyland  and 
Albert  Ray.  Whalen  is  also  seen  in 
the  "World  of  Sport"  series,  inaug- 
urated by  "Speed  to  Burn."  Latter, 
incidentally,  adds  another  "family" 
to  those  formed  for  pix — the  Sabini 
Family,  headed  by  Henry  Armetta. 
The  "Chans,"  "Jones',"  and  "Mr. 
Moto"  series  will  have  the  same 
leads  that  are  being  used  at  present. 
There  will  be  three  Chans,  four 
Jones  and  three  Motos  on  the  pro- 
gram. 

Paramount  will  make  three 
campus  stories,  with  Hank  Luisetti, 
famous  Stanford  basketball  player, 
appearing  in  the  initial  subject. 
Three  "Bulldog  Drummonds"  are 
also  on  the  schedule  for  the  new 
season,  with  Barrymore,  Howard, 
Clive,  Denny  and  Louise  Campbell 
continuing  in  the  group.  Paramount 
also  is  adding  a  G-man  series,  to 
star  Lloyd  Nolan.  First  of  series 
will  he  J.  Edgar  Hoover's  "Persons 
in  Hiding."  Harry  Sherman  will 
continue  his  "Hopalong  Cassidys," 
with  Boyd,  Hayden  and  Hayes  on 
the  roster. 

M-G-M  will  make  two  new  series. 
One  will  be  an  adventure  group, 
with  each  subject  having  a  differ- 
ent country  for  background.  Chester 
Franklin  will  direct.  The  other  ser- 
ies will  deal  with  the  trials  and 
tribulations  of  a  young  married 
couple.  Lewis  Stone,  Spring:  Bying- 
ton,  Mickey  Rooney,  Cecillia  Park- 
er, Fay  Holden  and  Betty  Ross 
Clarke  will  continue  in  the  "Judge 
Hardy's    Family"   pictures. 

Warner  Bros,  have  announced 
three  series.  Glenda  Farrell  will  ap- 
pear in  three  "Torchy  Blane"  stor- 
ies, Bonita  Granville  in  four  "Nancy 
Drew"  stories,  and  Ronald  Reagan 
in  four  "Secret   Service"  mysteries. 

Columbia  will  produce  three  fea- 


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lures  based  on  Chic  Young's  "Blon- 
die"  cartoon  strip.  The  Westerns,  in 
which  Charles  Starrett,  Iris  Mere- 
dith, Dick  Curtis,  Edmund  F.  Cobb, 
Art  Mix,  Edward  J.  LaSaint,  George 
Chesebro  and  the  "Sons  of  the 
Pioneers,"  singing  cowboys,  are  al- 
ways used  will  also  be  continued.  In 
addition,  Columbia  will  have  a  series 
tentatively  dubbed  "Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Detective",  a  series  of  six  "Historical 
Westerns"  and  a  further  series  to 
be  later  announced. 

At  Universal  George  Bilson  will 
produce  four  collegiate  features, 
"Freshman  Year",  "Sophomore 
Year",  "Junior  Year"  and  "Senior 
Year",  while  General  Films  will 
make  more  "Crime  Club"  subjects 
for  Universal  release. 

As  a  result  of  the  success  of  "The 
Saint  in  New  York,"  RKO  Radio 
will  make  a  series  based  on  the  Les- 
lie Charteris  stories.  "The  Saint  in 
London"  will  carry  on,  with  "The 
Saint  Intervenes"  and  "The  Saint 
vs.  Scotland  Yard"  to  follow. 

In  addition  to  the  "Saint"  stories, 
it  was  learned  yesterday  that  RKO 
plans  another  series  using  the  char- 
acter of  Annabelle,  principal  per- 
sonage of  "Affairs  of  Annabelle," 
with  Lucille  Ball  in  the  title  role. 
"Affairs  of  Annabelle"  will  be  fol- 
owed  by  "Annabelle  Takes  a  Tour," 
with  others  to  follow.  Jack  Oakie 
will  be  co-starred  in  the  series,  all 
of  which  are  to  be  produced  by  Lou 
Lusty. 

Monogram  will  star  Boris  Karloff 
in  four  "Mr.  Wong"  stories.  Re- 
public will  continue  the  Three  Mes- 
quiters.  It  will  also  sponsor  James, 
Russell  and  Lucille  Gleason  in  a 
story,  written  and  to  be  directed 
by  James  Gleason.  If  the  initial 
Gleason  subject  proves  popular  a 
series  will  be  made  with  the  three 
Gleasons. 

Sol  Lesser  will  make  six  "Peck's 
Bad  Boy"  stories,  one  annually.  The 
first  will  be  distributed  by  RKO, 
which  holds  an  option  on  the  re- 
mainder. Nat  Goldstone  is  making 
three  "Renfrew  of  the  Royal  Mount- 
ed" subjects  for  Grand  National. 

A  new  firm,  Surety  Prods.,  will 
picturize  the  Nick  Carter  stories 
published  by  Street  &  Smith. 

Ben  Judell's  Progressive  Pictures 
will  make  a  series  of  Irish-Swedish 
comedies  with  J.  Farrell  MacDonald 
and  El  Brendel  and  a  second  star- 
ring Buck,  the  St.  Bernard. 


Rubin  Frels  Circuit  Buys 
Complete  Republic  Lineup 

The  Rubin  Frels  circuit  of  Texas 
has  bought  Republic's  entire  1938-39 
program.  Frels  operates  in  Bay 
City,  Columbus,  Victoria,  Wharton, 
Yorktown,  Karnes  City,  Nixon  and 
Goliad,  all  in  Texas. 


Metro  Acquires  Rights 

to  "On  Borrowed  Time" 


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The  play,  current  in  New  York,  was 
written  by  Paul  Osborn  and  was 
based  on  a  book  by  Lawrence  Ed- 
ward Watkin.  Price  was  not  dis- 
closed. Understood  several  other 
companies  were  interested. 


$10,000,000  PROGRAM 
AT  PINEWOOD  STUDIO: 


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completed   by    Autumn.       Employe 
thrown  out  of  work  during  disturbed 
conditions  preceding  passage  or  th 
Films    Act    are    now    retur:i     \t 


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work.  New  program  will  fiS 
employment  for  2,000,  it  is  statec 
Demand  for  floor  space  is  so  grea^ 
that  a  new  stage  may  have  to  b 
built  in  the  near  future.  Pinewoo 
has  five  stages  at  present. 

First  of  the  pictures  to  go  int 
work  was  Elisabeth  Bergner's  "Stc 
len  Life,"  which  her  husband,  Pai 
Czinner,  directs,  from  an  origins' 
story  by  Margaret  Kennedy.  CoeJ 
of  the  production  is  estimated  a 
$500,000. 

Gracie  Fields  is  at  work  at  Pine 
wood  on  "Piccadilly  Circus",  her  sec 
ond  picture  for  20th  Century-Fo: 
Film  is  to  cost  $500,000.  20th  Cer' 
tury-Fox  plans  to  follow  with  tw 
more  big-scale  productions. 

The  Gilbert  &  Sullivan  operett; 
"The  Mikado",  which  is  being  pre 
duced  in  Technicolor  by  Geoffre 
Toye,  is  budgeted  at  $1,000,000.  Thi 
will  be  followed,  Toye  states,  by 
production  of  "The  Yeoman  of  th 
Guard,"  to  cost  $750,000. 

Late  in  July  Gabriel  Pascal  an 
Leslie  Howard  will  put  into  wor 
their  production  dealing  with  tr 
life  of  Lord  Nelson.  This  is  schec 
uled  to  be  a  $1,000,000  productio: 
Pascal  is  preparing  for  productic 
in  October  a  version  of  Emil  Jai 
nings'  silent  film,  "The  Last  Laugh 
in  which  Wilfred  Lawson  will  r 
starred. 

A  number  of  smaller  films  are  ah 
scheduled  at  Pinewood,  one  of  whic' 
"This  Man  Is  News,"  co-starrin 
Barry  K.  Barnes  and  Valerie  Hoi 
son,  has  just  been  finished.  Th, 
picture  which  is  for  Paramount  r<i 
lease,  has  a  Fleet  Street  backgrour 
and  is  being  directed  by  David  Mai 
donald. 

Anthony   Havelock-AUan,   the   e: 
ecutive    producer,    states   that   it 
hoped  to   make  this   the  first  of 
series    of    films    teaming    Barry    ] 
Barnes  and  Valerie  Hobson. 

Two  further  productions  are  to  1 
made  by  Paramount  following  cor 
pletion  of  "This  Man  is  News." 


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In  addition  to  Pinewood,  there 
a  spurt  of  activity  at  Denhar 
where  London  Films,  Metro,  ar 
Imperator  (Herbert  Wilcox)  a: 
currently  working,  and  also  ; 
Boreham  Wood  Studios  where  Ass< 
ciated  British  is  in  the  midst  of  tl 
biggest  drive  in  the  company's  hi 
tory.  Associated  British  will  con 
plete  25  before  Jan.  1. 


Box  Top  Admish 

Detroit  —  Co-operative  Theaters  of 
Michigan  has  arranged  a  tieup  for  mem- 
ber theaters  with  Quick  Arrow  Washing 
Powder,  allowing  five  cent  trade-in  value 
on  each  box  top  presented  at  the  cash- 
ier's window  for  admissions.  Understood 
same  plan  is  being  used  by  Interstate  in 
San   Antonio. 


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The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now  Twenty  Years  Old 


L.  74,  NO.  3 


NEW  YORK,  TUESDAY,  JULY  5.  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


Iritain  Looks  for  Increase   in   L/.  S.   Picture   Imports 

6  FEATURES  TO  BE  RELEASED  IN  JULY  ANDAUGUST 

hreat  of  Disintegration  or  Jap  Film  Market  Worries 


me   Office    Foreign    Dept. 
Execs.  Apprehensive 
of  the  Future 

ncern  openly  prevailed  in  home 
e  foreign  departments  on  the 
;rk-end  over  symptoms  that  Japan, 
.  film  market,  may  enter  soon  an 
:e  phase  of  disintegration  due  to 
;)  severe  economic  pressure  being 
:ed  there,  attending  the  mili- 
7  adventure  in  China. 

was  pointed  out  by  analyists 
the  top  rungs  of  the  film  indus- 
.  yesterday  that  Japan's  "belt- 
itening"  processes  are  bound  to 
alt  in  imposed  sacrifices  by  de- 
.  as  well  as  self-deprivation  on 

{Continued  on    Page    10) 


IDITIONAL  FEATURE 
WORK  IN  EAST  NEARS 


I  riple-A  Productions'  film  version 
...  one-third  of  a  nation  .  .  .," 
eduled  to  go  into  production  at 
tern  Service  Studios  on  Aug.  15, 
"the  first  of  a  series  of  such 
mgements  for  feature  produc- 
ts in  the  east,  now  in  various 
?es  of  negotiations,"  it  was  dis- 
ced over  the  holiday  week-end  by 

{Continued  on  Page  12) 


ame"  Acts  Policy  Will 

Star  at  Strand  Aug.  15 

"/."he   first    12   weeks    of   the    New 

'k     Strand's     new     stage-screen 

icy   already   have   been    set  with 

-S""    "name"    attractions    from    the 

ds    of    stage,    screen    and    radio, 

{Continued  on   Page    10) 


Tele  News  Service 

London  (By  Cable) — Next  problem 
confronting  the  showing  of  television 
in  British  cinemas  is  that  of  forming 
a  service  of  news,  S.  Sagall,  Scophony 
;head,  stated  following  the  televising  on 
big  screens  of  the  trooping  of  the 
colors  ceremony.  Operation  of  a  tele- 
vision news  service  is  being  taken  up 
at    once,    Sagall    stated. 


Austrian  Branch  Liquidation  Progresses 

Vienna  (By  cable) — Liquidation  of  the  Austrian  branches  of  Warner,  Universal 
and  RKO  Radio,  now  in  progress,  is  expected  to  be  completed  by  September  at  the 
latest,    with   some    possibility    that    the    branches    may    close    in    August. 

United  Artists,  represented  here  by  Dr.  Hauser  &  Co.,  may  also  exit.  This  would  not 
affect  London  Films  which  has  its  own  representative  in   Berlin,   it  is  reported. 


3  WARNERS  DISSOLVE   BREWSTER  COLOR  LAB. 
HOLDING  COMPANIES1  SET  FOR  WEST  COAST 


Washington    Bureau    of    THE    FILM    DAILY 

Washington — In  identical  reports 
Albert  Warner,  Harry  M.  Warner 
and  Jack  L.  Warner,  today  revealed 
final  dissolution  of  their  holdings 
companies  for  Warner  Bros.'  $3.85 
cumulative  preferred  stock.  The 
three   brothers    reported    the    trans- 

{Continued  on    Page    10) 


Construction  on  a  new  laboratory 
capable  of  handling  up  to  500,000 
feet  of  film  weekly  will  be  started 
by  Brewster  Color  Film  Corp.  in 
Hollywood  within  the  next  month, 
P.  D.  Brewster,  president  of  the 
company,  told  The  Film  Daily  Sat- 
urday. He  also  stated  that  the  com- 

{Continued  on   Page   6) 


THE  WEEE  IN  REVIEW 

Acf  to  End  Trade  Problems — Films  Council  Meets 


DOMESTIC 

Film  history  appeared  definitely 
in  the  making,  as,  following  the 
pledging  to  President  Roosevelt  of 
complete  co-operation  by  the  indus- 
try in  the  solution  of  its  own  prob- 
lems  and   continued    self-regulation, 


By   GEORGE  H.  MORHIS  , 


FOREIGN 

In  London,  the  Cinematograph 
Films  Council  convened  for  the  first 
time  since  that  body  was  authorized 
some  months  ago  by  the  new  Films 
Act,  but  further  delay  in  settling 
down  to  attack  a  heavy  program  of 


{Continued   on   Page   11) 


Drop  in  Domestic  Production,  Advance 
in  U.  S.  Pix  Imports  Expected  in  Britain 


No  U.A.  Directors  Meeting 
Until  Silverstone  Returns 


Today's  reported  scheduled  meet- 
ing of  United  Artists'  board  of  di- 
rectors will  not  be  held  and  no  exec- 
utive sessions  will  be  called  until 
the  return  of  Maurice  Silverstone, 
general  manager,  from  England,  an 
official  stated  over  the  week-end.  It 
is  understood  that  important  busi- 
ness will  be  held  in  abeyance  until 
Silverstone's  return  on  July  11. 


London  (By  Cable) — British  film 
circles,  following  the  taking  of  "in- 
ventory" on  current  production  ac- 
tivities in  relation  to  exhibition  ex- 
pectancies for  this  first  year  of  the 
new  Films  Act,  conclude  that  there 
will  be  no  increase  numerically  in 
picture-making  here,  and,  if  any- 
thing, the  actual  total  of  features 
may  fall  far  short  of  the  records 
established   in  recent   seasons. 

Principal    reasons    for    this    anti- 

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Majors  and  Independents  Have 

15  Already  Set  for  Sept. 

Release  Dates 

Major  producers  and  exchange- 
controlled  independents  have  76  pic- 
tures for  release  during  the  hot 
weather  months  of  July  and  August. 
Approximately  15  others  have  al- 
ready been  set  for  September. 

A  breakdown  of  the  schedules  re- 
veals that  during  this  month  and 
August,  Columbia  will  release  seven; 
20th  Century-Fox,  seven;  Warner 
Bros.,  nine;  RKO,  eight;  Paramount, 
nine;  Universal,  seven;  M-G-M, 
nine;    United   Artists,  four;    Repub- 

{Continued  on   Page    11) 


ONTARIO  TO  LICENSE 
16  MM.  PIX  HOUSES 


Toronto  —  Quick  to  take  cogni- 
zance of  the  proposed  rapid  devel- 
opment of  the  16  mm.  field  in  the 
Dominion,  the  Ontario  government 
has  established  licensing  regulations 
for  16  mm.  theaters  and  halls. 

Established  theaters  showing 
16  mm.  pix  will  be  required  to  pay 

{Continued  on  Page  12) 


Loew  Theaters  Frowning 

on  Political  Propaganda 


"We  do  not  believe  the  motion 
picture  theater  is  the  place  for  poli- 
tical propaganda  and  we  have  care- 
fully avoided  showing  pictures  of 
the  'propaganda'  type.  We  feel  that, 
as   purveyors   of  popular  entertain- 

( Continued  on  Page   7) 


Where  Is  Ben? 

Sailing  lists  from  the  French  Line  and 
the  Holland  America  Line  both  listed 
Ben  Lyon  as  sailing  on  the  Champlain 
and  Nieuw  Amsterdam,  respectively,  on 
Saturday,  with  choice  a  toss-up  as  to 
whether  Ben  arrives  in  the  land  of 
wooden    shoes    or    voulez-vous    first. 


Tuesday,  July  5,  19* 


DAILY 


Vol.  74,  No.  3          Tues.,  July  5,  1938 

10  Cents 

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Publisher 

DONALD    M.    MERSEREAU     :     General 

Manager 

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MILES 

Public   Projection  Rooms 

Two  Private  Theaters    Latest  Projection  Equipment 

Air   Conditioned — Night   Screenings 

Ample  Seating  Capacity 

Cutting    Roorm  Vault   SpaM 

Insertion     Delivery    Service 
72H  Seventh    Ave.  BRyant  9-5600 


SI  The  Broadway  Parade  H 

Picture   and   Distributor  Theater 

Tropic    Holiday    (Paramount) Paramount 

White    Banners     (Warners)— 2nd    week Strand 

Holiday     (Columbia) — 2nd    week Music     Hall 

Lord    Jeff     (M-G-M) Capitol 

The    Rage    of    Paris    (Universal) Roxy 

A    Farewell     to    Arms     (Paramount)     (b) Criterion 

Wives    Under    Suspicion     (Universal) Rialto 

Vivacious    Lady    (RKO    Radio)     (a-b) Palace 

Mystery    House     (Warners)     (b) Palace 

Three    on    a    Week-End    (GB    Pictures) Little    Carnegie 

We   Are   Going   to   Be   Rich    (20th   Century-Fox) Globe 

Whirlwind    Horseman    (Grand    National)     (a) Central 

Air    Devils     (Universal)     (a) Central 

♦  FOREIGN  LANGUAGE  FEATURES    ♦ 

Pugachev     (Lenauer     International)      Cameo 

Mayerling     (Pax    Films)     (a-b)— 2nd    week World 

Un   Carnet   de    Bal    (Life   Dances   On)     (Rogers-Krellberg) — 15th   week Belmont 

♦   FUTURE  OPENINGS    ♦ 

My    Bill     (Warners)— July    6 Strand 

Fast    Company    (M-G-M) — July    7 Rialto 

Having  Wonderful  Time    (RKO   Radio)  -July  7 Music   Hall 

Josette      (20th     Century-Fox) — July     7      (a-b) Palace 

Always  Goodbye    (20th  Century-Fox) — July  7   (a-b) Palace 

Rose  of  the   Rio   Grande    (Monogram) — July  8 Criterion 

Professor    Beware    (Paramount) — July    13 Paramount 

Shopworn     Angel      (M-G-M) — (c) Capitol 

I'll    Give   a    Million    (20th    Century-Fox)     (c) Roxy 

(a)    Dual    bill.  (b)   Subsequent   run.         (c)   Follows    current   attraction. 


Krellberg's  Regal  Plans 
to  Handle  8-12  French  Pix 


S.  S.  Krellberg,  president  of  Regal 
Distributing  Corp.,  announces  that 
Regal  has  a  program  of  8  to  12 
French  pictures  scheduled  for  re- 
lease here  during  the  coming  year. 

It  is  also  stated  that  Regal  will 
open  offices  in  Chicago  and  Los  An- 
geles, and  that  Krellberg  is  plan- 
ning to  open  theaters  exclusively 
devoted  to  foreign  pictures  in  Phila- 
delphia, Boston,  Chicago  and  Cleve- 
land. The  Belmont  Theater  in  New 
York  is  reported  to  have  booked  the 
program   for  first-run  here. 

First  four  pictures  to  be  released 
by  Regal  are  as  follows:  "Un 
Mauvais  Garcon"  (A  Bad  Boy),  with 
Danielle  Darrieux;  "Sarrati,  Le  Ter' 
rible,"  with  Harry  Bauer;  "Roths- 
child," with  Harry  Bauer,  and  "Le 
Homme  Nouveaux"  (The  New 
Man),  with  Harry  Bauer. 


New  Theater  Co.  in  Neb. 
Organized  by  J.  H.  Cooper 

Lincoln,  Neb. — J.  H.  Cooper  or- 
ganized a  Lincoln  Theater  Co.  while 
here  last  week  and  filed  articles  of 
incorporation  authorizing  $25,000 
capital  stock.  It's  slated  as  a  the- 
ater operating  concern,  which  may 
open  offices  in  other  places,  if  ex- 
pansion is  made.  The  present  Lin- 
coln Theaters  Corp.  is  a  sub-corpo- 
ration. Other  incorporators  were 
L.  J.  Finske,  Denver,  and  J.  A. 
Phillipson,  New  York. 


Para.  Launches  Campaign 

For  "Give  Me  a  Sailor" 


Paramount  Pictures  has  com- 
pleted an  arrangement  with  the 
Fawcett  Publications  for  an  exten- 
sive national  exploitation  coverage 
in  conjunction  with  the  opening  of 
"Give  Me  a  Sailor"  in  August,  it 
was  learned  over  the  week-end.  A 
contest,  open  to  the  public,  will  be 
held  with  the  winner  getting  a  free 
trip  to  Hollywood  with  50  other 
prizes  being  given  to  the  runners- 
up.  Picture  stars  Martha  Raye  and 
Bob  Hope.  Distributors  of  the  Faw- 
cett magazines  will  also  enter  the 
contest,  working  for  prizes  to  be 
awarded  for  sales.  Motion  Picture 
Magazine  will  run  the  contest. 


cominc  MID  GOIM 


MURRAY  SILVERSTONE,  general  manager  (. 
United  Artists,  arrives  here  from  England  i  i 
July  11.  ti 

HERMAN  WOBBER,  distribution  h,  V  U 
20th-Fox,  returned  to  New  York  on  junda 
from  a  flying  trip  to  Hollywood  and  San  Fran 
cisco.  MRS.  WOBBER  returned  to  this  counti 
yesterday  on  the  Queen  Mary  after  a  Europea 
vacation. 

SPYROS  SKOURAS,  head  of  National  Thea 
ters,  plans  to  sail  for  Creece  around  the  fin 
of  August. 

JOSEPH  S.  HUMMEL,  foreign  sales  manage 
for  Warners,  is  due  in  New  York  tomorrow 
after  an  extended  sales  tour,  which  include 
a    trip   to   Australia. 

BERNARD  SOBEL,  of  the  M-G-M  publicil 
department,  HELEN  GILLILAND,  British  ac 
tress,  JUNE,  a  British  actress,  and  DR.  JOSE 
HOFMAN,  noted  pianist,  and  MRS.  HOFMAH 
also   arrived   yesterday   on   the   Queen   Mary. 

LOUIS  FROHLICH,  film  attorney  and  couns 
for  ASCAP,  is  scheduled  to  return  to  his  Nei 
York    office    today    from    Tacoma,    Wash. 

HERB  CRIFFIN,  of  International  Project! 
Corp.,  returns  to  the  home  office  this  wee 
from    the    Coast. 

MACK     CORDON,     20th-Fox     songwriter, 
staying   at    the    Sherry    Netherland. 

WESLEY  RUGGLES,  Paramount  director;  Lll 
LIAN  GISH,  actress,  and  ANTHONY  I 
"SKEETS"  CALLAGHER,  actor,  sailed  for  Eli 
rope  Saturday  on  the   Nieuw  Amsterdam. 

MARTHA       RAYE,       Paramount      comedienm 
leaves   the   Coast   today  for  a   two-week   p. a.   i  !| 
Chicago. 

PHILIP    WOOD,    actor,    arrives    on    the    Coal  l| 
today    to    play    his    original    role    in    the    scree 
version    of    "Room    Service"     that    RKO    starl 
production    on    shortly. 


Astor  Releasing  One-Reel 

Film  on  Valentino's  Life 


Astor  Pictures  Corp.  announce 
that  it  will  release  a  one-reel  spe- 
cial dealing  with  the  life  of  the  late 
Rudolf  Valentino  tomorrow  through 
its  29  franchise  exchanges  in  this 
country.  Reel,  which  runs  nine 
minutes,  is  narrated  by  Harold 
Stone,  and  has  shots  of  such  no- 
tables as  Marcus  Loew,  Mary  Pick- 
ford  and  Pola  Negri,  in  addition  to 
the  shots  of  Valentino. 


Mother  of  Erdmanns  Dies 

Cleveland — Mrs.  Julia  Kinney,  80, 
mother  of  George  W.  Erdmann,  sec- 
retary of  the  Cleveland  Motion  Pic- 
ture Exhibitors  Association,  and  of 
Charles  Erdmann  of  Toronto,  Can- 
ada, died  this  week  after  a  long  ill- 
ness. Burial  took  place  at  Water- 
vliet,  N.  Y. 


Commonwealth  Acquires  10 
Chesterfield   Productions 


Commonwealth  Pictures  Corp.  has 
acquired  the  exclusive  16  mm.  world 
distribution  rights  for  Chesterfield's 
last  group  of  ten  releases,  among 
which  are  the  following:  "Little  Red 
Schoolhouse,"  "Red  Lights  Ahead," 
"Rainbows  Over  Broadway,"  etc. 
George  Batcheller  acted  for  Chester- 
field and  Sam  Goldstein  for  Com- 
monwealth in  the  contract  negotia- 
tions. 


Hitchcock  to  Speak 

Announcement  was  made  over  th 
week-end  by  the  National  Board  o 
Review  that  Alfred  Hitchcock,  note 
English  director,  will  be  the  prir 
cipal  speaker  on  their  15-minut 
program  tonight  over  S  t  a  t  i  o 
WNYC.  Hitchcock  will  discuss  th 
making  of  a  melodrama.  Langdo 
W.  Post,  one  time  movie  critic  fo 
the  Evening  World,  will  also  be 
speaker  on  the  program. 

Van  Croix  Dies 

Melbourne,  Fla. — A.  E.  Van  Crob 
theater  operator,  died  at  his  horn 
June  29.  Mr.  Van  Croix  came  t 
Melbourne  some  14  years  ago  froi 
Warren,  Pa.,  and  built  and  operate 
the  Van  Croix  Theater.  He  als 
built  theaters  in  Titusville  and  Ea 
Gallie,  Fla.  His  wife  and  daughte 
survive. 


PROCESS 

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SPECIAL  EFFECTS 


Studio  with  latest  equip- 
ment now  available  for  the 
Motion      Picture      Industry 


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CORPORATION 

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^Reprinted  from  M.P.  Daily 


Hollywood 
Preview 
Audience 

In  Stitches 


It  takes  a  particularly 
special  grade  of  comedy 
to  throw  a  calloused 
Hollywood  preview  audi- 
ence into  stitches  and 
tears  and  that  is  what  this 
one  did. 

It's  as  full  of  gags  as  the  breakfast 
food  broadcasts  are  of  prairie  tenors 
and  it  is  one  of  these,  as  phoney  as  he 
is  melodic,  that  Dick  Powell  plays 
and  sings  in  championship  style.  The 
film  is  fast,  loud, 
tuneful,  witty,  smart 
in  a  very  melodious 
and  purposely  naive 
manner. 

Pat  O'Brien,  in  a 
faster  and  funnier  role  than  he's  had 
in  years  and  Priscilla  Lane  as  a  croon- 
ing cowgirl  top  a  large  and  com- 
petent cast  which  seems  to  have  en- 
joyed every  moment  of  their  several 
chores.   Their  gayety  comes  across 


^  Reprinted  from  Hollywood  Reporter 


Cowboy  Fro 
Brooklyn 
A  Hit! 

Great  Cast,  Script  and  Direction 


The  picture  is  great  entertainment  and  shoulc 
click  heavily  with  any  type  audience  and  require*' 
only  a  good  start  by  enterprising  showmen  for  2 

*certain  successful  engagement! 
With    the    trend    toward   Westerns? 
Warners  have  put  their  tongue  in  theij 
cheek   and   pulled   a   gay   and   riotoii 
"hoss  opry"  out  of  their  saddle  bagjf 
The  story  speeds  along  to  a  fast  finisi; 
and  polished  direction  and  an  able  casi 
keep  the  film  going  at  top  pace  through- 
out. The  tunes  by  Richard  Whiting  anil 
Johnny   Mercer   are   catchy,   situation' 
are  side-splitting,  and  a  good  time  wiJ 
be  enjoyed  by  all! 


7    :4 

with  a  bang. 

Five  of  the  highly  singable  songs 
are  by  Richard  Whiting  and  Johnny 
Mercer,  the  latter  also  collaborat- 
ing with  Harry  Warren  on  the  sixth. 
As  threaded  through  the  action  the 
tunes  highlight  the  story  without 
stopping  it.  As  sung  by  Powell  and 
Miss  Lane  they  are  quite,  quite 
something ! 

It's  for  laughs  exclusively  and 
packed  with  said  same! 


FROM  WARNEI! 


By  Richard  Whiting 
and  Johnny  Mercer 

'RIDE,  TENDERFOOT,  RIDE" 

'I'LL  DREAM  TONIGHT" 

"I'VE  GOT  A  HEARTFUL  OF  MUSIC" 

"COWBOY  FROM  BROOKLYN" 


• 


DICK  POWELL*  PAT  0 

DICK  FORAN-ANN  SHERIDAN  •  JOHNNIE  DAVIS -RONALD  REAGAN  •  screen  Pi.y  by  E.n . 


■nu^HI^HHB 


Reprinted  from  M.  P.  Herald* 


K 


Final  Heels  Had 
te  House  in  An  Uproar  \ 
Of  LaughterS 


~  ■■■& 


mi 


3  Reprinted  from  Film  Daily 


: 


UPROARIOUSLY 
FUNNY  COMEDY 

hould  Pile  Up  Heavy  Quota 
Of  Laughs  In  Any  Theater 

|  Joyd  Bacon  guided  the  fun-mak- 
and  overlooked  no  opportuni- 
I;  to  win  laughs.  Dick  Powell  does 
111  in  the  title  role,  while  fast- 
ing Pat  O'Brien  was  never  bet- 
Priscilla  Lane  comes  through 
'h  a  performance  that  should 
I'e  her  choice  roles  in  the  future. 


^  Reprinted  from  Los  Angeles  Examiner 


Cowboy  From  Brooklyn 
Makes  Preview  Hit! 


There  are  a  million  "yip- 
pees"  in  this  outdoor  opera 
with  its  tongue  in  cheek  and 
every  "yippee"  is  a  laugh... You're 
in  on  the  fun  all  the  way  .  . .  Dick 
Powell  has  his  best  role  in  a  long 
time  .  .  .  Pat  O'Brien  has  never 
been  so  funny . . .  preview  audience 
went  for  it  hook,  line  and  sinker, 
and  it's  sure  to  make  plenty  of 
money  at  the  boxoffice. 


^Reprinted  from  Los  Angeles  Times 

TRULY  UPROARIOUS,  EXCEEDINGLY 
CLEVER  ENTERTAINMENT 


It  Is  Thoroughgoing  Entertainment,  And 
Witt  Be  Verg  Widetg  Appreciated 


N 


SCI 


Directed 


Howdy  Stranger,"  by  Robert  Sloane  &  Louis  Pelletier,  Jr.  .  A  COSMOPOLITAN  PRODUCTION 


BACO 


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DAILY 


Tuesday,  July  5,  19ti 


BREWSTER  COLOR  LAB. 
SET  FOR  WEST  COAST 


{Continued  from  Page  1) 

pany  was  now  preparing  to  make  a 
test  short  with  its  newly  marketed 
color  process  for  a  major  company. 

Contract  for  a  series  of  shorts 
with  this  major  company,  and  nego- 
tiations for  several  feature-length 
pictures  depend  on  the  success  of  the 
short,  Brewster  said.  He  stated  that 
recent  tests  on  the  Coast  had  been 
"eminently"  satisfactory  and  several 
major  companies  were  interested  in 
using   the    process. 

Cost  for  the  film  is  said  to  run  be- 
tween five  and  six  cents  a  foot,  with 
the  company  using  specially  design- 
ed cameras  in  which  three  separate 
color  filters  are  employed  without 
the  use  of  the  bi-pack  system. 

Brewster  stated  that  final  phases 
of  deal  for  financing  the  laboratory 
had  been  successfully  negotiated, 
with  formal  signing  only  step  left 
before  work  is  started  on  the  new 
Coast  plant.  He  would  not  name  the 
major  company  he  is  dealing  with, 
or  the  director  who  will  make  the 
test  short.  He  expects  to  use  a  New 
York  studio  for  making  of  the  short, 
with  production  scheduled  to  start 
the  latter  part  of  next  month,  or 
early  August. 


news  Of  THC  DflV 


Chicago — Earl  Treulich  has  been 
named  director  of  outdoor  activities 
of  the  B  and  K  Employees  Associa- 
tion. 


Harriman,  Tenn.  —  The  Palace, 
erected  by  the  Peerless  Enterprises 
Inc.,  Tim  W.  Smith,  president,  has 
opened  here.  The  Palace  seats  1,000, 
with  625  downstairs.  Boyd  Under- 
wood, formerly  of  the  Tennessee 
Theater,  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  is  the 
manager. 


Albany  —  Victor  Animatograph 
Corp.,  chartered  under  Delaware 
laws  with  capital  of  135,000  shares 
non  par  value  stock  and  a  New 
York  City  office  at  242  W.  55tn  St., 
has  filed  a  certificate  of  statement 
and  designation  in  the  office  of  the 
Secretary  of  State  to  enable  it  to 
do  business  in  New  York  State.  A.  F. 
Victor  heads  the  company. 

Albany  —  Malcolm  Browne  Pic- 
tures Corp.,  New  York  City,  has 
filed  a  certificate  at  Albany  increas- 
ing the  number  of  shares  of  its  non 
par  value  capital  stock  from  100 
to  2,000  shares. 


Mulberry,     Fla. — Fred     Lyons     of 
Tampa  has  purchased  the  Pix  Thea- 


ter  and  will  reopen   it  as  the   Fox 
Theater. 


Springfield,  O.  —  Frank  Collins, 
former  manager  of  the  State  The- 
ater, Greenville,  has  been  transferred 
to  the  main  offices  of  Chakeres  The- 
aters, Inc.,  here,  where  he  has  as- 
sumed duties  in  the  circuit's  book- 
ing, exploitation  and  operating  de- 
partments. 


Springfield,  O.  —  Kroger  Babb, 
publicist  for  Chakeres  Theaters, 
Inc.,  Main  Offices,  here,  has  been 
chosen  to  handle  advertising-pub- 
licity for  the  Springfield  Chamber 
of  Commerce's  "Sales-Mean-Jobs" 
campaign. 


Springfield,  O.— Bill  McCollister, 
formerly  manager  of  the  Chakeres- 
Princess  Theater,  has  been  trans- 
ferred to  the  management  of  the 
State  Theater,  Greenville,  by  the 
Chakeres  offices.  Dick  Offenbach- 
er,  assistant  at  the  Regent,  has  been 
promoted  to  the  Princess  manage- 
ment. 


Detroit  —  Eddie  Murphy,  former 
RKO  salesman,  is  opening  offices  in 
Grand  National's  suite,  to  distribute 
"The    Birth    of   a    Baby." 


Burlington,  Wis. — Livingston  Lan- 
ning,  former  manager  of  Fox's  Wis- 
consin theater  in  Milwaukee  and 
more  recently  the  Alhambra  there, 
has  become  associated  with  Jack 
Yeo  in  the  operation  of  the  Plaza 
theater  here  succeeding  Dan  De- 
laney. 


New  Haven,  Ind.— Charles  Kings- 
berry  has  purchased  a  theater  in 
New  Haven,  suburban  community  of 
Fort  Wayne,  from  B.  V.  Wilhelm, 
who  has  operated  it.  Kingsberry 
previously  operated  a  theater  in 
Michigan. 


Oklahoma  City — A  deluge  of  pro- 
tests marked  application  of  J.  L. 
Groves  to  build  a  nabe  house  at  23rd 
and  Villa  here  with  protests  being 
based  on  the  contention  that  erec- 
tion of  the  theater  would  result  in 
traffic   congestion. 


Springfield,  Mass. — George  Cole- 
man, for  several  years,  assfsant 
manager  of  the  Paramount  has  been 
made  manager  of  the  Arcade,  suc- 
ceeding William  K.  Kennedy,  as- 
signed to  an  executive  position  with 
Western  Massachusetts  Theaters, 
Inc. 


New  Britain,  Conn. — Work  has 
been  started  on  a  new  750-seat  the- 
ater here  for  George  LeWitt,  owner 
of  the  Strand  in  Plainville,  to  cost 
$40,000. 


Holyoke,  Mass. — Elliott  M.  Davis 
has  assumed  the  managership  of  the 
Strand,  succeeding  Jerry  Lynch, 
who  has  been  named  manager  of  the 
Paramount  in  Brattleboro. 


July  7:    Ampa  awards  presentation   luncheon! 

July  12:  Allied  Theaters  of  New  Jersey  dinj 
party,    Ben    Marden's    Riviera. 

July  14:     Ampa    Awards    luncheon,    Ser?'' 
Waldorf-Astoria. 

July  15:  Cleveland  Variety  Club  golf  tourr 
ment,    Beechmont   Country   Club. 

July  16-17:  Warner  regional  bookers-salesnj 
convention,    Empire    Hotel,   San    Francisco. 

July  18:  Indianapolis  Variety  Club  golf  tout! 
ment,   Highland  Country  Club. 

July  20-21 :  Associated  Theaters  of  Indiana  ml 
summer  meeting,  Spink-Wawasee  Count 
Club,   Lake  Wawasee. 

July  23-24:  Warner  regional  bookers-salesn: 
convention,    Blackstone    Hotel,    Chicago, 

July  25:  Indianapolis  Variety  Club  golf  tour 
ment,    Indianapolis    Country    Club. 

July  26:   ITOA  outing,    Indian   Point. 

July  29:  Baltimore  Variety  Club  golf  touri 
Rolling    Road    Country    Club. 

July  30-31:  Warner  regional  bookers-salesn 
convention,    Hotel    Warwick,    New   York. 

Aug.  8-28:     International   Film  Festival,  Ven 

Aug.  2:  Connecticut  MPTO  golf  tourname 
Racebrook   Country   Club,    New   Haven 

Aug.  15:  Pittsburgh  Variety  Club-Film  R 
golf   tournament,    Pittsburgh    Field   Club 

Aug.  18:  Rocky  Mountain  Screen  Club  pic 
Cherry   Hills   Country   Club,    Denver. 

Oct.  31 -Nov.  3:  SMPE  Fall  convention,  Sta 
Hotel,    Detroit. 

Nov.  27:  New  York  Motion  Picture  Associa 
dinner-dance. 


Picture  News  Second 

Only  to  Washingti 


Recognition  of  the  steadily  gro 
ing  importance  of  the  motion  p 
ture  industry  as  a  leading  busine 
is  emphasized  by  the  disclosure  S: 
urday  that  International  News  Si 
vice  is  reviewing  its  plan  to  esfe 
lish  four  clearing  houses  for  ne; 
in  this  country,  with  Hollywoj 
ranking  second  only  to  Washingt 
in    size   and    importance 

First  considered  shortly  before  t 
first  of  the  year,  it  was  tabled  wi 
reorganization  of  the  Hearst  ne 
services  and  other  holdings  a  cc 
tingent  restriction,  it  is   said. 

A  recent  check  on  a  ranking  N 
York  tabloid  disclosed  that  the  to 
lineage  about,  and  pertaining 
Hollywood,  plans  of  the  indusi 
and  activities  of  its  employes,  wl 
second  only  to  Washington  in  to 
space,  and  this  figure  is  exclus: 
of  all  columnists,  with  the  except) 
of  Walter  Winchell.  Lineage  cov 
excluded  columnists  that  deal  dire 
ly  with  Hollywood. 

At  the  present  time  there  are  ot 
350  correspondents  of  newspape 
news  services,  syndicates,  etc.  tl 
are  actively  engaged  in  chronicli 
film  industry  news.  No  accur; 
figure  is  available  on  the  to 
amount  of  space  that  this  ne 
receives  monthly  in  papers  all  c 
the  world,  but  estimates  place 
second  in  this  country  to  Washh 
ton  news. 


i: 


sday,  July  5,  1938 


ITTL6  fROfn  LOTS 


By  RALPH  WILK 


HOLLYWOOD 

Olivia  de  Havilland  In  Lead 

•LIVIA    DE    HAVILLAND    will 

i  play   the   leading  feminine   role 

Warner's    new    service    picture, 

s   of   the    Navy."      The    com- 

^■Tthat  will  make  the  picture,  a 

ipe    of    100    players    and    techni- 

is,    will    leave    Hollywood    today 

the  navy's  air  base  at  Penascola, 

.,    which    Director    Lloyd    Bacon 

chosen   as  the   location  for  his 

door  sequences.     The  film  is  be- 

made   with  the  co-operation   of 

U.  S.  Navy  Department,  and  the 

ipany   is   expected   to   spend  two 

?ks  at  the  Southern  flying  base. 

T  T  T 

Schlesinger  Ships  Four 
'.eon  Schlesinger,  producer  of 
•ney  Tunes  and  Merrie  Melodies, 
oped  four  cartoons  during  the 
nth  of  June.  They  included  two 
■ney  Tunes,  "Porky,"  and  "Porky 
Daffy,"  and  two  Merrie  Melo- 
s,  "Love  and  Curses"  and  "Cin- 
ella  Meets  Fella." 

T  T  » 

Mono  Signs  Martin  Mooney 

'Iartin  Mooney,  who  served  30 
'S  in  New  York's  Tombs  for  re- 
'ing  to  reveal  the  source  of  a 
ies  of  crime  expose  stories,  has 
in  signed  to  adapt  "Murder  in  the 
t    House"    for    the    screen.     Scott 

Dunlap,  Monogram  production 
id,  placed  Mooney  under  contract 

provide  the  screenplay  of  the 
ffinal  story  by  Rev.  Patrick 
N'eill. 


ght  New  Industry  Firms 
Incorporate  in   New  York 

Albany — Eight  new  industry  firms 
ve  filed  articles  of  incorporation 
;th  the   Secretary   of   State.    They 

Sunrise  Auto  Theaters,  Inc., 
l^mpstead,  capital  200  shares  non 
r  value  stock,  purpose,  exhibit 
Dtion  pictures.  Max  Apfelbaum, 
ax  Rothstein,  George  B.  Ritten- 
rg,  incorporators. 
C  &  M  Pictures,  Inc.,  New  York 
ty,  capital  $20,000,  purpose,  dis- 
bute  motion  pictures.  Sabin  Carr, 
len  McLane,  Jr.,  Wm.  B.  Frank, 
hn  D.  Leggett,  Jr.,  Hugh  Reid, 
yllis  S.  Newcomb  incorporators. 
Sag  Theaters,  Inc.,  Brooklyn,  capi- 
1  100  shares  non  par  value  stock, 
irpose,  exhibit  motion  pictures, 
-thur  M.  Shorwitz,  Sylvia  Richie, 
arry  M.  Rosenzweig.  incorporators. 
Reliable  Seating  Co.,  Inc.,  New 
)rk  City,  capital  $20,000;  purpose, 
al  in  seats  for  theaters.  Philip 
arst,  Morris  Sanders,  Rose  San- 
rs,  Jack  L.  Plovnick,  Ben  Hemley, 
vonne  L.  Schnell,  incorporators. 
Unity  Films,  Inc.,  New  York  City, 
pital  200  snares  non  par  value 
ock,  purpose  deal  in  motion  picture 
ms.  Cassrell  Greenberg,  David 
urton,  Etta  Zwilling,  incorporators. 
Jaxon    Amusement    Corp.,   Brook- 


LOEW  HOUSES  FROWN 
ON  PROPAGANDA  PIX 


DAILY 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

ment,  we  have  no  right  to  be  either 
'pro'  or  'anti'  in  our  programs. 

This  declaration  of  policy  is  quot- 
ed from  a  quarter-page  advertise- 
ment published  by  Loew's  theaters 
in  the  important  Catholic  organ, 
The  Tablet,  which  assailed  Wallis 
Wanger's  "Blockade,"  as  being  pro- 
Loyalist  Spanish  propaganda. 

Loew's  will  open  "Blockade"  at 
the  Metropolitan  Theater  in  Brook- 
lyn on  Thursday,  as  part  of  a  dou- 
ble-feature bill  and  pix  will  play 
the  New  York  Loew  circuit. 

The  advertisement  further  states: 
"We  leased  this  picture  without 
feeling  that  it  might  be  out  of  har- 
mony with  our  policy  of  presenting 
only  sheer,  non-propaganda  enter- 
tainment. When  we  screened 
'Blockade' — long  before  its  release 
date — our  reviewing  committee  con- 
sidered it  only  as  such  a  picture. 
After  this  approval  by  the  commit- 
tee, contracts  for  its  showing  were 
executed." 

Advertisement  carries  an  ad- 
ditional paragraph  saying  the  state- 
ment was  written  at  the  suggestion 
of  Mrs.  James  Looram,  chairman  of 
the  Motion  Picture  Department,  In- 
ternational Federation  of  Catholic 
Alumnae. 


Seven  British  Features 

to  be  Made  in  Dufaycolor 

London  (By  Cable) — Seven  fea- 
tures will  be  made  in  Dufaycolor 
for  1938-39,  it  is  announced.  John 
Stafford  will  star  Carl  Brisson  in 
"Claude  Duval"  while  George  King 
plans  six  productions. 


Set  "Kathleen"  Deal 

Deal  for  Coast  disti-ibution  of 
"Kathleen"  by  Baron  and  Nathan, 
newly  formed  foreign  picture  dis- 
tributing company  operating  on  the 
Coast,  has  been  set  by  J.  H.  Hoff- 
berg  Co.,  distributors  of  the  film  in 
this  country.  Coast  deaj  with  Her- 
bert Rosener  was  also  set  for  dis- 
tribution of  the  "Wedding  of  Palo" 
by  Hoffberg. 


lyn,  capital  $10,000,  purpose,  ex- 
hibit motion  pictures.  Max  Hoffman, 
Bessie  Paterson,  Arline  Korbin,  in- 
corporators. J.  Harry  Pincus,  16 
Court  St.,  Brooklyn,  attorney. 

Premier  Trading  Corp.,  New  York 
City,  capital  $10,000,  purpose,  dis- 
tribute motion  pictures.  Bessie  Shep- 
herd, Arthur  G.  Spanier,  Benjamin 
Milzoff,  incorporators.  Millard  A. 
Ring,  8  Bridge  St.,  New  York  City, 
attorney. 

Cracraft,  Inc.,  New  York  City, 
capital  200  shares  non  par  value 
stock,  purpose,  deal  in  motion  pic- 
tures. Tom  A.  Cracraft,  Louis  L. 
Carroll,  Hyman  Bucher,  incorpora- 
tors. Max  Chopnick,  9  East  46th 
St.,  New  York  City,  attorney. 


MIRROPHONIC 
FOR  2  LINERS 

Cunard  White  Star 
Signs  for  Equipment 


London  (By  Cable)  —  Contracts 
have  been  signed  for  the  installation 
of  Mirrophonic  sound  equipment  in 
two  of  England's  new  trans-Atlantic 
passenger  ships,  the  Queen  Eliza- 
beth and  the  Mauretania,  both  of 
which  are  now  in  course  of  con- 
struction for  the  Cunard  White  Star 
Line.  The  Queen  will  perform  the 
launching  ceremony  for  the  Queen 
Elizabeth  on  Sept.  27.  The  new 
Mauretania  will  be  launched  July  28. 


India's  First  Color  Pix 

Bombay  (By  Cable)— Cost  of  In- 
dia's first  color  pix,  "Kisan  Kanya," 
produced  by  the  Cinecolor  process, 
is  stated  to  have  been  $50,000  for 
production  of  the  picture  itself,  plus 
$25,000  paid  to  Cinecolor  for  use  of 
its  process  and  an  additional  $50,000 
was  spent  in  installing  the  necessary 
equipment.  A  previous  report  on 
this  production  had  predicted  a  cost 
many  times  the  actual  figure. 


FRENCH  OVERBUILDING 
BRINGS  PIX  SHORTAGE 


Paris  (By  Cable) — Overbuilding 
in  France  has  brought  about  a 
shortage  in  films  and  a  reduction 
in  admission  prices.  New  theaters, 
unable  to  get  new  product,  are  book* 
ing  older  films  and  giving  double 
features,  with  a  consequent  lower- 
ing of  admissions  which  has  been 
reflected  in  the  established  picture 
theaters.  Some  of  the  programs 
contain  two  dubbed  American  fea- 
tures, or  a  French  talkie  and  a 
dubbed  American  at  an  admission 
of  four  francs,  equivalent  at  the 
current  rate  of  exchange  to  about 
12  cents. 


Legit,   at   Popular   Prices 

St.  Louis,  Mo. — New  York  stage 
shows  at  pop  prices  are  planned  for 
the  Grand  Opera  House.  Tentative 
plans  are  for  a  30-week  season  to 
open  September  15.  Group  of  local 
backers  are  joined  with  Everett 
Taylor  in  the  new  venture  and  a 
20-year  lease  has  been  obtained  from 
the  Rutherford  Estate.  The  Grand 
Opera  House  has  been  dark  for 
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Redbook  Magazine  selects  "Algiers" 
the  picture  of  the  month! 

"This  showmanship  entertainment  mer- 
chandise gathers  itself  into  one  compact 
wad  of  punchy  and  suspense-laden  en- 
tertainment." _m  p.  Daiiy. 

"Most  gorgeous  item  to  come  to  the  films 
in  the  past  year  is  Hedy  Lamarr.  Wait 
until  you  get  a  load  of  this  lovely  num- 
ber in  Wanger's  'Algiers'.  She'll  create 
more  talk  than  any  performer  in  seasons. 
Terrific!"  —Ed  Sullivan. 

"Here  is  an  offering  that  rates  laurels  on 
every  count."  _fl/m  Daily 

"A  fascinating  'mood'  picture  .  .  .  Boyer 
proves  himself  one  of  our  finest  actors 
.  .  .  Hedy  Lamarr  sure  to  be  a  sensa- 
tion  .  .  .      — Louella  O.  Parsons,  Hearst  papers. 

"  'Algiers'  is  a  creation  which  may  well 
re-kindle  one's  faith,  lately  but  a  spark, 
in  the  cinema  .  .  .  Boyer  is  splendid ; 
Sigrid  Gurie,  unforgettable  and  Hedy 
Lamarr  an  inspired  temptress  .  .  .  Algiers 
brings  excitement  back  to  the  screen." 

— Philip  Scheuer,  Los  Angeles  Times. 


"  'Algiers'  a  certain  hit — Boyer,  Lamarr 
sensational.  A  picture  for  your  must  list. 
Wanger's  greatest  success." 

— William  R.  Wilkerson,  Hollywood  Reporter 

"Positive  entertainment  for  all  kinds  of 
audiences  .  .  .  Boyer  gives  one  of  his 
most  polished,  ingratiating  perform- 
ances; Miss  Gurie's  portrayal  builds  to 
remarkable  dramatic  tension;  her  role 
should   do   much  for   Hedy   Lamarr." 

— Jack  Jungmeyer,  Daily  Variety. 

"  'Algiers'  will  score  heavily  with  every 
class  of  audience  .  .  .  Boyer  is  eligible 
for  the  year's  Academy  award;  Hedy 
Lamarr's  future  with  American  audiences 
is  assured  .  .  .  Wanger  may  well  feel 
proud  of  his  second  film  masterpiece  re- 
leased in  one  month." 

— Whitney  Williams,  Hollywood  Citizen-News. 

"  'Algiers'  should  re-establish  public  faith 
in  the  entertainment  of  the  motion  pic- 
ture. Boyer's  performance  among  the 
year's  best  .  .  .  Hedy  Lamarr  is  the  most 
glamorous  foreign  beauty  since  Marlene 

Dietrich."  —Herb  Sterne,  Wagner's  Script. 


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"Here's  real  romance  in  a  thrilling  man- 
hunt .  .  .  Hedy  Lamarr  gives  a  new  slant 
to  glamour." 

— Harold  Heffernan,  Detroit  News. 

"One  of  the  best  pictures  of  the  year  .  .  . 
sure  fire  entertainment." 

— Phil  Lonergan,  Kinematograph 
and  Picturegoer 

"Excellent  entertainment;  the  sort  of  pic- 
ture Hollywood  needs.  Wanger  has 
shown  great  enterprise  in  presenting  a 
new  screen  sensation,  Hedy  Lamarr,  quin- 
tessence of  continental  glamour  .  .  . 
Boyer,  splendidly  supported,  will  gain 
millions  of  fresh  admirers." 

— /.  M.  Ruddy,  Film  Pictorial 
and  Daily  Sketch. 

"One  of  the  most  exciting  pictures  I  have 
ever  seen." 

— Jessie  Henderson,  Baltimore  Sun. 

"All-'round  screen  entertainment  with  an 
exceptionally  fine  cast." 

— Paul  Harrison,  Newspaper  Enteprise  Ass'n. 

"Unquestionably   Walter   Wanger's   best 

production  ...  he  has  taken  an  action 

melodrama  and  made  it  a  work  of  art." 

— Motion  Picture  Review 


"Most  interesting  entertainment  ...  off 
the  beaten  track  in  film-fare  with  excel- 
lent performances  by  a  fine  cast." 

— Flo  Marshall,  Canadian  Central  Press. 

"Exceptionally  fine  audience  picture." 

— Dudley  Early,  Family  Circle  Magazine. 
"Absorbing  melodrama;  well  acted;  well 
directed." 

— Jesse  D.  Spiro,  Cleveland  Plain  Dealer, 
Screen  6C  Radio  Weekly. 

"One  of  the  year's  outstanding  achieve- 
ments .  .  .  tremendous  suspense  ...  a 
triumph  for  Charles  Boyer." 

— Harold  Salemson,  Pour  Vous,  Paris. 
"Unique;  intriguing;  romantic;  adventur- 
ous. Don't  miss  it  on  any  account." 

— Alice  Tildesley, 
Philadelphia  Public-Ledger  syndicate. 


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DAILY 


JAP  MARKET  WORRIES 
U.  S.  DISTRIBUTORS 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

the  part  of  the  populace,  and  that 
one  of  the  first  results  will  probably 
be  the  parting  of  mass  audiences 
from  pix  theaters.  This,  in  turn, 
is  the  harbinger  of  film  imports' 
decline. 

Ever  since  the  first  of  the  year, 
U.  S.  interests  have  been  carrying 
on  negotiations  with  Japanese  offi- 
cials urging  them  to  lift  the  ban  on 
American  product  and  permit  funds 
derived  from  pix  distribution  to  be 
taken  out  of  Japan,  or  at  least  effect 
a  mutually  satisfactory  compromise. 
Trading  along  this  line  is  likely  to 
swing  in  favor  of  the  U.  S.  dis- 
tributors as  the  economic  pinch 
grows  tighter  in  Nippon.  But,  the 
American  companies  are  now  ask- 
ing, won't  it  be  a  hollow  victory  if 
Japan  gives  grounds  to  demands, 
and  the  theater-goers  of  that  coun- 
try and  the  theaters  themselves  go 
into  eclipse? 

In  the  meanwhile,  it  was  learned 
yesterday  by  The  Film  Daily, 
major  distribs.  with  offices  in  Tokyo 
are  carrying  on  the  negotiations  for 
a  best  deal  in  Japan,  and  that  one 
major  outfit,  evidently  braver  than 
the  rest,  has  recently  shipped  foot- 
age to  Nippon  in  the  hope  that  the 
tide  will  turn  via  international  medi- 
ation sponsored  by  Great  Britain, 
or  some  other  Western  power,  and 
the  Far  Eastern  hostilities  will  be 
halted. 


"Name"  Acts  Policy  Will 

Star  at  Strand  Aug.  15 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

Warners  announced  over  the  holiday 
weekend. 

The  new  policy,  termed  "perman- 
ent," will  be  inaugurated  Aug.  15 
with  Ben  Bernie  and  his  orchestra, 
augmented  by  a  group  of  specialty 
performers  headed  by  Patsy  Kelly. 
Feature  pix  will  be  Warners  "Boy 
Meets  Girl."  Combination  will  run 
for  three  weeks,,  it  is  said. 

To  follow,  Ozzie  Nelson  and  his 
orchestra,  supplemented  by  Harriet 
Hilliard  and  others,  is  set  for  two 
weeks  along  with  Warners  "Women 
Courageous." 

The  stage  attractions  for  seven 
weeks  to  follow  have  already  been 
scheduled,  it  is  stated.  Talent  facil- 
ities of  the  Burbank  studios  have 
been  made  available  for  p.a's. 


2CyEAPi  AGC 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Friday,  July  5, 
1918: 

NEW  YORK — Lee  Ochs  denies  rumor  United 
Picture    Theaters,    inc.,    will    disband. 

INDIANAPOLIS— S.  Barret  McCormick,  man- 
aging director  of  the  Circle,  is  running  "Persh- 
ing's  Crusaders"    this   week. 

NEW  YORK — Exchange  managers  want  pro- 
tective   organization    to    stop    film    thefts. 

NEW  YORK — Hodkinson  Corporation  to  ex- 
pand;   announces    new    brand   as   Plaza    Pictures 

Yes,  20   Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures  I 


•  •      •     IT  HAS  never  been  done  before a  Museum  launched 

for  the  sole  purpose  of  publicizing  a  motion  picture Howard  Dietz 

is   the  sponsor,  having   arranged  the  public  exhibit  in   connection  with 

M-G-M's  "Marie  Antoinette" appropriately  starting  July  14,  which  is 

Bastille  Day  in  France,  the  Astor  Theater  on  Broadway  will  open  to 

the  public the  orchestra  floor  has  been  boarded  over  above  the 

seats  to  accommodate  the  exhibits several  rows  being  kept  clear 

for  audiences  to  hear  brief  lectures  on  the  technique  of  this  historical 

picture the  Museum  will  be  free  to  the  public,  and  open  day  and 

evening ▼  ▼  ▼ 

•  •     •     ALL    EXHIBITS   will    be    historically    accurate 

antiques,  costumes,  jewelry  and  furniture  having  been  sent  from 

the  studio  where  they  were  used  in  the  production there  will 

be  32  individual  groups  of  properties  employed  in  the  making  of 

the  picture,  numbering  174  pieces these  properties,  many  of 

which  were  purchased  in  Europe,  were  assembled  over  a  period 

of  18  months  before  production  started the  items  include  such 

antiques  as  musical  instruments,  candelabras,  clocks,  spears,  scrolls 

and  banners,  flags,  umbrellas  and  court  jesters'  sticka genuine 

pieces  of  great  value  include  a  mirror-topped  table  used  in  the 

study  of  King  Louis  XVI a  porcelain  bust  of  King  Louis  XV 

that    came    from    the    salon    of    Madame    Du    Barry Marie 

Antoinette's  writing  box  bearing  her  monogrammed  initials 

and,  ah,  gents,  the  canopied  and  brocaded  bed  of  Madame  Du 

Barry the  Museum  will  remain  open  to  the  public  until  early 

August,  when  "Marie  Antoinette"  moves  into  the  Astor  for  its 
Broadway   premiere 

T  T  T 

•  •      •      WISE    CHOICE following    a    screening    of    the    three 

finalist  short  subjects  in  the  Floyd  Gibbons  "Your  True  Adventures" 
contest,  the  judges.  Major  Albert  Warner,  Errol  Flynn  and  Floyd  Gib- 
bons selected  "Playing  With  Danger"  as  the  winner  of  the  $1,000  grand 

prize  for  the  best  true  story  submitted  and  produced Ray  Fowler 

of  Denver,  Colo.,  is  the  winner and  his  shivery  story  of  how  he  as 

a  tiny  tyke  came  within  an  ace  of  drowning  in  an  enormous  railroad 

water  tower  sure  deserved  the  prize for  it  represents  one  of  the 

most    gaspy    suspense    dramas    ever    seen    on    the    screen second 

prize  goes  to  Charles  Bouton  of  Wichita  for  his  story,  "Danger — High 

Voltage" the  judges  made  the  right  selections for  this  was 

exactly  the  way  the  advisory  committee  doped  out  the  winners  at  the 
finalist  screening  at  the  Broadway  Strand  the  other  evening 

▼  ▼  ▼ 

•  •      •     TWENTY  YEARS  Is  A  Long  Time  In  Pictures 

which  will  be  the  tenor  of  the  message  carried  in  that  20th  anni- 
versary  issue   of  your  favorite   trade   paper  soon  to   be  spread 

before  your  astonished  and  admiring  gaze we  were  looking 

back    through    the    circulation   subscription   files and    jotted 

down  a   list  of  companies  and  individuals  who   qualify  for  the 

Honor   Roll   of   Twenty-Year   Subscribers here   are   a  few. 

Atlanta  Board  of  Review Dr.  William  P.  Herbst,  Washington, 

D.   C H.   Schoenstadt  &   Sons,   Chicago J.   H.   Maclay, 

Dubuque,  la Arcade  Theater,  Lake  Charles,  La Thomas 

D.   Goldberg,   Walbrook    Theater,   Baltimore Tod   Browning, 

James  Cruze,  Alfred  E.  Green,  Henry  King,  Tom  Moore,  Wesley 
Ruggles,  J.  C.  Barnstyn,  George  Callaghan,  Sydney  S.  Cohen,  B.  S. 

Moss,  Reuben  Samuels Al  Somerby,  Bowdin  Square  Theater, 

Boston F.    C.   Lydon,   Hamilton   Theater,   Dorchester,   Mass. 

Louis  Rosenzweig,  Victoria  Theater,  Greenfield,  Mass 

Paul    Schlosman,    Regent,    Muskegon,    Mich John    Wright, 

Auditorium,  Red  Wing,  Minn Cragin  &  Pike,  Las  Vegas,  Nev. 

Twenty  Years  Is  A  Long  Time  to  stick  to  one  trade  paper 


3  WARNERS  DISSOLVE 
HOLDING  GOMPANII 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 
action    in    the    semi-monthly    repi 
of     the*     Securities     and     Exchai 
Commission  on  security  transact!* 
and  holdings.  *c 

All   three   reported   disposi^-1 
the  500  shares  previously  owned 
the  holding  companies   and  the 
quisition    of    the    same    number 
shares  individually.     They  now  e  | 
hold  14,884  shares  of  the  $3.85  ci  [ 
ulative  preferred  while  the  hold 
companies  reported  no  equity  sec 
ities. 

Albert  Warner  reported  dispc 
of  $20,000  of  optional  6  per  c 
convertible  debentures.  He  t 
$1,739,000  at  the  month-end, 
holding  Company  A  reported  $5,' 
Harry  M.  Warner  reported  hole 
$1,379,000  worth  of  the  debenti 
and  Jack  L.  Warner  reported 
183,000  at  the  month-end. 

Common    stock    holding   were 
ported    as:    Albert    Warner,    59. 
shares;    Harry    M.    Warner,    62 
shares;  and  Jack  L.  Warner,  88 
shares. 

The    report    of    Paramount 
tures,  Inc.,  showed  Duncan  G.  I 
ris    acquired    200    shares    of    P; 
mount's  common  stock,  represen  j 
his  total  holdings  in  that  class 
disposed  of  200  shares  of  6  per  jj 
2nd    preferred,    holding    200    sh; 
at  the  month-end. 

Loew's,  Inc.,  acquired  anothei 
shares  of  Loew's  Boston  Thea 
common  stock,  raising  its  hold 
of  the  subsidiary  company  to  99 
shares,  it  was  reported. 


: 


Exhib,  Turns  Projectionist 
In  Squabble  With  Ur 


Milwaukee,     Wis.  —  A     battle 
classifications   is   being   waged 
between    Andrew    Gutenberg,    hj 
ager  of  the  Grand,  local  nabe, 
the  projectionists'  union.    Gutenl 
maintains   his    seating    capacity 
titles  him  to  employ  his  operato 
a    Class    5    basis,    while    the    u 
contends  he  must  remain  in  Cla 
where  he  has  been  for  the  past 
years.    Class  4  houses  pay  $80 
week  for   booth  costs   and   Clas 
$60.    As  a  result  of  the  controvc 
Gutenberg  is   operating  only  w 
ends  and  running  his  own  macl 


Best  wishes  from   THE   FILM   DAILY   I 
the      following      on      their      birthda 

JULY    5 
Helen  Harrison 


feta^n^HM^n 


--_*-•— ^^—, 


lay,  July  5,  1938 


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DAILY 


>IX  SCHEDULED 
:0R  JULY  AND  AUG. 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

x;  Monogram,  five,  and  Grand 

■  _jl,  five. 

'■^uled  for  September  are  three 

Warner     Bros.,     three     from 

two    from    Monogram,    four 

Paramount    and    three    from 

•d  Artists. 

ividual  company  releases  are 
Hows: 

LUMBIA:  "City  Streets,"  July 
3ioneer  Trail,"  July  15;  "Re- 
itory,"  July  21;  "South  of  Ari- 
"  July  28;  "The  Gladiator," 
15;  "Gold  Rush  Days,"  Aug. 
>nd  "I  Am  the  Law,"  Aug.  25. 

S-M:    "Port    of    Seven    Seas," 

1;    "Fast    Company,"    July    1; 

3 worn    Angel,"    July    8;    "The 

d  Roars,"  July  15;  "Love  Finds 

j  y     Hardy,"     July     22;      "The 

fcr"    (tentative    title),   July    29; 

;  Hot  to  Handle,"  Aug.  5; 
te  Collars,"  Aug.  19.  Although 
te  has  been  set,  "Marie  Antoin- 

:  is  scheduled  to  be  released  in 

lst. 

RAMOUNT:  "Pride  of  the 
."  July  8;  "Tropic  Holiday," 
22;  "Booloo,"  July  22;  "Pro- 
r  Beware,"  July  29;  "Give  Me 
ilor,"  Aug.  5;  "The  Texans," 
12;    "Bulldog    Drummond    in 

fa,"  Aug.  19;  "Orphan  Annie, 
•tive,"  Aug.  19;  "Spawn  of  the 
i,"  Aug.  26;  "Sing  You  Sin- 
"  Sept.  2;  "In  Old  Mexico," 
9;    "The   Arkansas   Traveler," 

,  23,  and  "Campus  Confession," 

1  30. 

1  O  RADIO:  "Having  a  Wonder- 
"ime,"    July    1;    "Crime    Ring," 

=  8;  "Little  Women"  (re-issue), 
8;  "Mother  Carey's  Chickens," 

p  15;  "I'm  from  the  City,"  July 
Sky  Giant,"  July  29;  "Painted 

H,"    Aug.    12;    "Smashing    the 

•ets,"  Aug.  19;  "Room  Service," 

}    2;   "Breaking   the   Ice,"    Sept. 

l?he  Affairs  of  Annabel,"   Sept. 

h  CENTURY-FOX:  "Always 
bye,"  July  1;  "We're  Going  to 
,ich,"  July  8;  "Panamint's  Bad 
"  July  8;  "Passport  Husband," 
:  15;  "I'll  Give  a  Million,"  July 
"Little    Miss    Broadway,"    July 

■  and      "Alexander's       Ragtime 
',"  Aug.  19. 

.HTED  ARTISTS:  "South  Rid- 
July  1;  "Algiers,"  July  22; 
Young    in    Heart,"    July    29; 

re   Goes   My  Heart,"   Aug.   26; 

le   for   Each   Other,"    Sept.    16; 

ms,"  Sept.  23;   "The  Lady  and 

Cowboy,"   Sept.  30. 

JIVERSAL:    "Rage    of    Paris," 

1;  "Danger  in  the  Air,"  July  1; 

on  Break,"  July  15;  "Letter  of 

duction,"      July      29;      "Little 

h  Guy,"  July  22;  "The  Missing 

t,"  Aug.  12,  and  "That  Certain 

'  Aug.  19. 

ARNER  BROS.:  "Men  Are  Such 
>;,"  July  2;   "My  Bill,"  July  9; 

7boy  from   Brooklyn,"  July   16; 


THE  WEEK  IN  REVIEW 

Act  to  End  Trade  Problems — Films  Council  Meets 


DOMESTIC 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

Sidney  R.  Kent  announced  his  con- 
sent to  head  the  MPPDA  committee 
to  effectuate  a  thorough  reapproach- 
ment  between  factions  of  the  busi- 
ness currently  at  odds.  Nicholas 
M.  Schenck  and  Leo  Spitz  were 
named  as  alternates,  and  Ned  E. 
Depinet  and  A.  Montague  as  negoti- 
ators, in  the  launched  effort,  charged 
with  high  promise,  of  finding  a  solu- 
tion to  prevailing  trade  differences. 
In  Washington,  where  the  confer- 
ence between  proaucer-distributoi 
heads  and  FDR  was  held  a  week 
ago  last  Saturday,  Abram  F.  Myers, 
Allied's  general  counsel,  told  The 
Film  Daily  on  Tuesday,  last,  that 
the  board  of  that  exhib.  organiza- 
tion may  be  called  to  study  the  re- 
approachment  move  of  the  majors. 

*  *         * 

A  highly  favorable  reaction  was 
manifest  during  the  week  with  re- 
spect to  the  producer-distributor  ac- 
tion, despite  the  fact  that  formal 
comment  was,  in  most  instances, 
witheld  by  exhibitor  groups.  But 
the  Department  of  Commerce  hailed 
the  industry's  new  move  for  peace 
as  "significant,  splendid  and  right 
in  line  with  what  we  are  trying  to 
work  out  in  our  shirt-sleeve  confer- 
ences." 

*  *         * 

With  the  exception  of  Paramount, 
SWG  piled  up  an  overwhelming  ma- 
jority at  every  studio  in  the  election 
involving  designation  of  an  organ- 
ization to  represent  screen  writers 
as  an  exclusive  bargaining  body. 
Writers  in  18  studios  ballotted. 

*  *         * 

Fedral  Court  in  Tacoma  upheld 
the  constitutionality  of  Washing- 
ton's anti-Ascap  statute  in  that 
State.  Louis  Frohlich  and  Herman 
Finkelstein,  Ascap  attorneys,  im- 
mediately served  notice  they  would 
take  appeal  to  U.  S.  Supreme  Court. 


Other  important  happenings  in- 
cluded: Manifest  intenton  of  stage- 
hands to  co-operate  in  keeping  N.  Y. 
houses  open.  .  .Abandonment  by 
Cleveland  indie  exhibs.  of  plan  to 
effectuate  summer  closings  . . .  Word 
that  Carl  Laemmle,  Sr.,  will  on  his 
return  from  Europe  next  August  re- 
enter the  pix  industry  actively.   .   . 


Disclosure  that  Republic  franchise 
holders  are  gettng  new  five-year 
pacts.  .  .Announcement  of  joint  op- 
position to  16  mm.  plan  by  Toron- 
to Board  of  Trade  and  ITA.  .  .Word 
from  Philly  that  "non-gambling" 
movie  games  will  get  court  test  as 
result  of  Mayor  Wilson's  stand.  .  . 
and  declaration  that  IATSE  will 
press  for  annual  wage-employment 
progi-am. 


FOREIGN 

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accumulated  questions,  solution  of 
which  is  deemed  vital  to  the  British 
industry,  was  occasioned.  Coincident 
with  the  Council's  initial  huddle, 
critics  of  the  Films  Act  were  point- 
ing to  idle  studios  and  some  5,000 
jobless. 

*  *         * 

Sole  reported  absentee  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Council  was  producer 
representative,  John  Grierson,  who 
is  also  publisher  of  the  World  Film 
News  in  London.  In  New  York,  en 
route  to  Canada  where  he  antici- 
pates his  mission  will  encourage 
film  production  which  was  curtailed 
in  the  Dominion  following  passage 
by  Parliament  of  the  Films  Bill, 
Grierson,  in  an  exclusive  statement 
to  The  Film  Daily,  urged  U.  S. 
producer-distributor  interests  to  con- 
duct a  public  relations  survey  in 
Britain  so  that  American  interests 
can  gain  a  proper  understanding 
of  the  public  and  trade  mind  there, 
and  that  such  a  step  would  increase 
good  will  between  the  two  nations' 
film  industries.  He  also  declared 
that  the  "hatchet  burial"  between 
KRS  and  CEA  is  merely  temporary, 
with  a  lasting  peace  obtainable  only 
via  the  sincere  ironing  out  of 
mutual   difficulties. 

*  *         * 

From  Mexico  City  came  word  that 
producers  below  the  Rio  Grande  had 
renamed  Juan  Pezet  to  their  asso- 
ciation's presidency.  Producers  also 
pressed  demands  that  two  unions 
readjust   salaries. 

*  *         * 

Cable  from  Sydney  declared  that 
theater  operators  paid  an  aggregate 
of  $10,000,000  in  film  rentals  in 
1937.  Local  charges,  including  duty, 
operating  costs,  salaries,  advertising 
and  taxes,  totaled  $5,650,000,  leav- 
ing $4,350,000  for  American  distribs. 


"Penrod's  Double  Trouble,"  July  23; 
"Amazing  Dr.  Clitterhouse,"  July 
30;  "Mr.  Chump,"  Aug.  2;  "Racket 
Busters,"  Aug.  13;  "Four's  a 
Crowd,"  Aug.  20;  "Women  Courage- 
ous," Aug.  27;  "Boy'  Meets  Girl," 
Sept.  3,  and  two  others,  "Girls  on 
Probation"  and  "Garden  of  the 
Moon,"  whose  September  release 
dates  have  not  been  announced. 

GRAND  NATIONAL:  "I  Married 
a  Spy,"  July  1;  "Rolling  Plains," 
July  8;  "High  Command,"  July  15; 
"Renfrew  on  the  Great  White  Trail," 


July  22,  and  "Utah  Trails,"  Aug.  12. 
MONOGRAM:  "Man's  Country," 
July  6;  "Last  Frontier,"  Aug.  17; 
"Barefoot  Boy,"  Aug.  3;  "Wanted 
by  the  Police,"  Aug.  24;  a  Tex  Rit- 
ter  western  untitled,  Aug.  31;  "Mr. 
Wong,  Detective,"  Sept.  7,  and 
"Gangster's   Boy,"   Sept.   14. 

REPUBLIC:  "Valley  Raiders," 
July  11;  "Army  Girl,"  July  15;  "A 
Romantic  Rogue,"  July  25;  "Heroes 
of  the  Hills,"  Aug.  1;  "Come  On, 
Leatherne  cks,"  Aug.  1,  and  "Man 
from   Music   Mountain,"  Aug.   8. 


U.  S.  PIX  EXPECTED 
TO  GAIN  IN  BRITAIN 


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cipated  condition  are  (a)  the  cau- 
tiousness of  cinema  interests,  dur- 
ing the  period  of  the  Films  Bill's 
framing,  in  taking  definite  action 
toward  this  year's  production;  (b) 
the  actual  absence  of  momentum  in 
studios  currently;  (c)  present  tight- 
ness of  money  because  financiers 
lost  millions  in  the  collapse  of  Brit- 
ish production,  a  fact  which  they 
haven't  forgotten  and  (d)  the  pro- 
tracted negotiations  carried  on  by 
the  larger  British  producers  with 
the  end  in  view  of  making  films  for 
U.  S.  interests'  quota  credits,  which 
can  be  allocated  only  to  attractions 
costing  a  minimum  of  $75,000  each, 
thereby  eliminating  the  former 
"quickies"  which  boosted  produc- 
tion lists  numerically. 

Conversely,  these  well-informed 
British  sources  see  no  possibility  of 
U.  S.  imports  diminishing,  but  rath- 
er is  an  increase  looked  for  since 
a  check-up  of  the  intentions  of 
American  distributors  along  Ward- 
our  Street  shows  that  virtually  all 
are  recommending  to  their  home 
office  a  higher  percentage  of  films 
being  shiped  to  England  this  year 
than   in  the   past. 

Most  recent  figures  reveal  that  in 
1937  the  total  of  films  shown  on 
British  screens  was  769,  of  which 
500  were  American,  225  were  of  UK 
make,  with  the  balance  scattered 
among  several  foreign  nations. 

Anent  these  figures,  exhibitors 
here  are  looking  for  fewer  British 
films  this  year  and  more  U.  S.  prod- 
uct for  their  screens,  insisting  that 
the  former  cannot  expect  playing 
time  unless  they  give  "quality  re- 
sonably  equivalent"  to  their  Amer- 
ican   contemporaries. 


O'Mahoney  Chosen  Head 

Of  Monopoly  Committee 

Just  prior  to  the  holiday  week- 
end, Senator  O'Mahoney,  Wyoming 
Democrat,  was  elected  chairman  of 
a  12-man  special  committee  created 
by  Congress  to  investigate  monopoly 
at  committee's  first  meeting  here. 
Congressman  Sumners,  Texas  Dem- 
ocrat, was  chosen  vice-chairman  and 
Leon  Henderson,  WPA  economist, 
executive  secretary.  Of  interest  to 
the  film  industry  is  the  indication 
from  Assistant  Attorney-General 
Arnold,  heading  department's  anti- 
trust cases,  that  Justice  Department 
will  not  wait  until  special  commit- 
tee's inquiry  has  been  completed  to 
enforce  anti-trust  laws  as  they  now 
exist. 


"Son  of  Sheik"  to  Saenger 

New  Orleans  —  H.  S.  McLeod 
closed  a  deal  here  Thursday  for  "The 
Son  of  the  Sheik"  to  play  all  Saen- 
ger Theaters  and  the  affiliates  of  the 
Saenger  Theaters  Corp.  which  in- 
clude houses  booked  by  Theater  Ser-. 
vice  Corp.  and  the  United  Theaters. 


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W  §A  DAILY 


Tuesday,  July  5,  l\ 


ONTARIO  TO  LICENSE 
16  MM.  PiX  HOUSES 


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an  annual  $50  fee.  A  license  levy 
of  $10  will  be  imposed  upon  itiner- 
ant 16  mm.  exhibs.  and  the  same 
charge  will  be  made  when  16  mm. 
pix  are  exhibited  in  town  halls  or 
by  organizations   and  clubs. 

The  new  regulations  also  provide 
that  Ontario  16  mm.  houses  must 
conform  to  the  building  specifica- 
tions for  35  mm.  theaters  in  the 
provincial  code. 

Meanwhile,  Sovereign  Films,  re- 
cently organized  to  handle  16  mm. 
product  in  the  Dominion,  is  prepar- 
ing to  establish  branches  in  all  film 
exchange  centers,  according  to  J.  I. 
Foy,  manager. 

Asked  as  to  what  theaters  would 
show  the  16  mm.  films  distributed 
by  Sovereign,  Foy  said  a  statement 
at  this  time  was  impossible — that 
the  company  was  "sounding  out  the 
field"  at  present. 

There  is  a  report  current,  how- 
ever, that  Sovereign  is  inquiring 
as  to  the  feasibility  of  renting  town 
halls  in  various  centers. 

Foy  was  asked  if  he  could  verify 
the  published  report  that  there  was 
a  prospect  of  dime  store  shows  us- 
ing 16  mm.  films  in  Toronto.  He 
replied  he  had  heard  nothing  at  all 
of  this  report,  and  thought  it  per- 
haps had  circulated  because  in  New 
York  City,  some  department  stores 
were  showing  16  mm.,  and  even 
8  mm.  films.  Other  inquiries  in 
Toronto  indicated  that  there  is  no 
plan  under  way  for  store  shows  of 
16  mm.  films. 


Admission  Tax  Extension 

Approved  by  Ohio  Senate 


Columbus,  0. — Senate  has  passed 
a  new  compromise  relief  program 
and  has  sent  it  to  the  House,  with 
indications  that  the  program  would 
be  completed  promptly,  the  program 
provides  for  extension  of  the  admis- 
sions, utilities  and  beverage  taxes 
for  two  years,  permitting  needy 
counties  to  borrow  for  1938  relief 
needs  80  per  cent  of  the  1939-41 
revenue. 


WEDDING  BELLS 


London  (By  Cable) — Mary  Ellis, 
American  stage  and  screen  star, 
was  married  here  last  week  to  J. 
Muir  Stewart  Roberts,  Scotch  man- 
ufacturer, at  the  Westminster  City 
Register  Office.  Miss  Ellis  has  ap- 
peared in  several  pictures  made  in 
Hollywood  and  in  England. 


New  Haven  —  Harry  Schantz  of 
the  RKO  booking  department  will 
marry  Sylvia  Silver  of  New  York 
while  on  his  vacation   in  August. 


REVIEWS  Of  DEW  flLfllS 


"Gold  Mine  in  the  Sky" 

with   Gene   Autry 
Republic  60   Mins. 

SYNTHETIC  WESTERN  MIXES  MUSICAL 
EFFECTS  WITH  DUDE  RANCH  DOINGS 
ACCEPTABLY. 

Typical  Gene  Autry  concoction,  a  lively 
melange  of  musical  comedy,  western  songs, 
dude  ranch  doings  and  some  shooting,  rid- 
ing and  fighting  that  keeps  it  in  the  west- 
ern horse  opera  class  in  spite  of  the  fancy 
trimmings.  Gene  Autry  does  not  impress 
you  as  a  regular  cowhand  and  fightin'  man 
of  the  plains  as  do  the  regular  run  of  west- 
ern stars,  for  he  is  too  intent  on  putting 
over  a  song  on  every  possible  occasion. 
But  for  those  that  like  their  westerns 
turned  into  musicals,  this  one  will  score, 
for  the  songs  are  very  lively  and  put  over 
with  spirit  by  a  bunch  of  boys  with  good 
voices  that  harmonize  well  on  these  songs 
of  the  plains.  Gene  is  appointed  executor 
of  the  estate  of  the  old  rancher  who  dies 
from  a  fall,  with  particular  guardianship 
over  his  daughter  (Carol  Hughes)  who  has 
been  spending  her  time  in  Chicago.  The 
girl  comes  west  to  the  ranch,  and  does  not 
take  kindly  to  Autry's  telling  her  what  to 
do.  One  of  the  stipulations  in  the  will 
is  that  if  she  marries  without  Autry's  con- 
sent to  her  choice  of  a  husband,  she 
loses  the  ranch.  She  sends  for  a  boy  friend 
from  Chicago,  who  turns  out  to  be  a  gang- 
ster, and  Autry  refuses  his  consent  to 
marriage.  The  girl  turns  the  place  into 
a  dude  ranch,  and  the  gangster  sends  for 
a  couple  of  killers  from  his  home  town 
to  polish  off  Autry.  And  so  on  into  a  lot 
of  excitement,  a  cattle  rustling  in  order  to 
kill  Autry,  the  expose  of  the  gangster 
sweetie,  his  eventual  capture  after  a  fight, 
and  the  final  awakening  by  the  gal  to  the 
fact  that  Gene  is  the  boy  for  her  after 
all.  Of  course  a  smart  gal  would  have 
seen  that  all  the  time,  but  they  don't 
put  smart  girls  in  westerns  because  that 
would  form  a  precedent  that  would  be 
tough  for  other  western  producers  to  fol- 
low. Gene  sings  his  songs  neatly,  has  sev- 
eral effective  and  very  fancy  changes  of 
costumes,  gets  away  with  his  fighting  and 
riding  scenes,  but  is  pretty  terrible  as  a 
great   lover. 

CAST:  Gene  Autry,  Smiley  Burnette, 
Carol  Hughes,  Craig  Reynolds,  Cupid  Ains- 
worth,  Le  Roy  Mason,  Frankie  Marvin,  Rob- 
ert Homans,  Eddie  Cherkose,  Ben  Corbett, 
Milburn  Morante,  Jim  Corey,  George  Guhl 
Stafford  Sisters. 

CREDITS:  Producer,  Charles  E.  Ford, 
Director,  Joe  Kane;  Author,  Betty  Bur- 
bridge;  Screenplay,  Betty  Burbridge,  Jack 
Natteford;  Editor,  Lester  Orlebeck;  Cam- 
eraman,  William    Nobles. 

DIRECTION,  Good.  PHOTOGRAPHY,  Ex- 
cellent. 


McGinnis  Buys  Another 

Little  Rock,  Ark. — R.  V.  McGinnis, 
owner  of  the  New  at  Hope  and  the 
Home  Theater  at  Smackover,  has 
bought  the  New  at  Nashville  from 
H.  H.  Baker,  who  will  be  retained 
as  manager  of  the  house  during  the 
summer  months.  McGinnis  also  an- 
nounced that  a  new  air-conditioning 
svstem  had  been  installed  at  the 
Home  Theater  at  Smackover. 


"Marines  Are  Here" 

with    Gordon    Oliver,    June    Travis 
Monogram  62   Mins. 

POP  ENTERTAINMENT  WITH  MA- 
RINES IN  ACTION,  EXCITEMENT,  LOVE 
AND  FUN. 

A  lively  production  with  the  Marine 
service  as  background,  that  affords  light 
entertainment  and  has  all  the  necessary 
ingredients  to  make  for  pop  entertain- 
ment. It  concerns  Gordon  Oliver  and  Ray 
Walker,  buddies  in  the  service,  who  scrap 
in  the  accepted  formula  manner  as  ail 
Marine  pals  do  in  the  film  versions.  And 
then  there  is  June  Travis,  the  romantic 
interest.  Stationed  in  Manila,  the  girl  and 
her  nephew  are  shipped  from  China,  where 
her  brother  was  killed  as  an  army  officer 
in  China.  Oliver  is  detailed  to  meet  her, 
falls  in  love,  and  from  there  on  his  troubles 
begin.  The  kid  element  is  worked  up 
with  the  devotion  of  the  youngster  to  this 
Marine  whom  he  worships  as  a  model 
soldier.  Then  when  the  rule-breaking  sol- 
dier gets  thrown  in  the  brig  for  an  infrac- 
tion, the  girl  and  the  bov  are  not  so  keen 
for  the  hero,  who  right  there  learns  his 
lesson.  And  so  on  to  the  inevitable  come- 
back opportunity  when  the  Marine  distin- 
guishes himself  in  action  along  with  his 
pal,  and  they  both  earn  their  stripes.  There 
are  lots  of  thrills  in  the  action  scenes,  and 
comedy  is  furnished  by  "Big  Boy"  Wil- 
liams in  generous  doses,  he  being  the  tough 
sergeant  who  plagues  the  other  two  sol- 
diers. June  Travis  is  very  attractive  and 
adequate  in  her  easy  part.  Gordon  Oliver 
and  Ray  Walker  carry  the  burden  of  the 
action,  and  manage  to  hold  the  interest 
throughout.  The  kids  wil  like  the  work 
of  Ronnie  Cosbey  as  the  youngster  who 
wants  to  be  in  the  service  when  he  grows 
UP- 
CAST: Gordon  Oliver,  June  Travis,  Ray 
Walker,  "Big  Boy"  Williams,  Ronnie  Cos- 
bey, Billy  Dooley,  Pat  Gleason,  Edward 
Earle,  Wade  Boteler. 

CREDITS:  Producer,  Scott  Dunlap;  Di- 
rector, Phil  Rosen;  Authors,  Edwin  C.  Par- 
sons, Charles  Logue;  Screenplay,  Jack 
Knapp,  J.  Benton  Cheney;  Editor,  Russell 
Schoengarth;  Cameraman,  Gilbert  Warren- 
ton. 

DIRECTION,  Good.  PHOTOGRAPHY, 
Okay. 


Swedish  Royalty  Covered 
by  Pathe  News  for  Svensk 

Announcement  was  made  yester- 
day by  Frederic  Ullman  Jr.,  vice- 
president  of  Pathe  News,  that  a 
contract  had  been  signed  between 
his  company  and  Svensk,  Swedish 
distributing  firm,  for  a  full  reel  of 
the  activities  of  Crown  Prince  Gus- 
taf  Adolph  of  Sweden  during  his 
visit  to  this  country. 

The  film  will  be  developed  here 
and  shipped  to  Sweden  for  cutting. 
Over  a  thousand  feet  of  uncut  film 
already  have  been  shipped  to  Stock- 
holm, for  editing,  it  is  said.  The 
Crown  Prince  is  recuperating  now 
from  an  ailment  that  kept  him  con- 
fined for  several  days  after  his  ar- 
rival recently. 


ADDITIONAL  FEATUR! 
WORK  IN  EAST  NEA 



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Frank  K.  Speidell,  prexy  of  if 
Productions,  Inc.,  and  Easter/"1 
vice.  \__ 

Speidell    asserted    that   not  "s,J 
1935-36  has  there  been  "such  a 
itive  indication  of  sustained  Eas 
production,"    and    added,    "We 
lieve  with  certainty  that  our  1 
39  production  season  will  bring  1 II 
to  New  York  a  good  measure  of  I 
activity  and  film  employment  w 
has  _  been   concentrating   almost  I 
clusively  in  Hollywood." 

This   summer  will   see  the   hi 
duction  of  modern  three-color  Tl 
nicolor  as  permanent   equipment 
an  eastern  studio,  for  the  first  1  j 
in     the     history     of     the     indusf 
Charles    L.    Glett,    vice-presiden1»l 
charge   of   Eastern   Service   Stu<i 
operations,  has   just  returned  f; 
Hollywood  where  he  has  been  r i 
ing    the    final    arrangements    fo:jl 
Technicolor-trained    camera-crev 
be   located  here  and  where  he    j 
provided    for    the    delivery    to    ]] 
York    of    a    mobile    sound-recon  f 
trailer,  the  first  of  its  kind  in 
east. 

Even  without  feature  films, 
Long  Island  studios  are  maint 
ing  a  substantial  production 
gram,  devoted  to  shorter  film  p 
uct.  Two-reel  comedies  and  in 
trial  productions  for  comme 
purposes  have  kept  the  plant  t 
Speidell  said  that  in  recent  moi 
as  an  example,  more  than  375  t 
nical  and  professional  people  1 
been  employed,  with  a  payrol 
over  $50,000  for  each  four-week 
riod.  With  the  advent  of  the 
Paramount  picture  and  other  p 
now  in  process,  the  employr 
basis  for  the  future  will  be  n 
rially  increased. 

Feature  production  inprepara 
will  create  a  full-time  program 
stage  facilities  and  technical  cr 

Milton  Schwarzwald,  producer 
director  of  "New  Atlas"  and  "I 
tone"  musical  short  films  s1 
production  this  week  at  Eas 
Service.  The  "New  Atlas"  se 
single-reelers,  for  RKO  rel 
are  to  include  "Style  &  Smi 
"The  Talent  Auction"  and  "U 
a  Tipsy  Moon."  The  two-reel  "1 
tone"  series,  for  Universal,  wil 
elude  "The  Beauty  Shoppe,"  ' 
Rhythm  Cafe,"  "The  Can 
Faker." 

All  subjects  are  for  series  rele 
and  will  be  supervised  and  dire 
by  Schwarzwald,  with  Larry 
liams,  camera,  and  William  Ke 
assisting.  The  subjects  are  the 
group  of  an  extended  sche 
which  Schwarzwald  contemplate 
Eastern   Service   Studios. 


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London  (By  Cable) — A  48-hour  we 
and  a  12'/i  per  cent  increase  in  was 
for  employes  are  proposals  put  forw; 
by  the  National  Association  of  Thea 
and  Kinema  Employees  to  the  Concili 
tion  Board  of  the  Industry  in  the  Lo 
don    Area. 


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NEW  YORK,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  6.  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


roadway  Pix  Holiday  Biz  Runs  5-60?°  Ahead  of  1937 

ENNEDY  ASKS  U.  S.  SUPPORT  FOR  BRIT.  PRODUCERS 

Ihicago,  Flint  Operators  Taking  10%  Cut  for  Summer 


ncession  Expected  to  Help 
Keep     Houses 
Open 

''hicago  —  Projectionists  in  Chi- 
o  theaters  will  take  a  10  per 
t  salary  cut  for  July  and  August, 
.is  confirmed  by  Peter  Swayne, 
sident  of  the  Operators  Union, 
oncession  by  the  union  is  ex- 
;ted  to  aid  materially  in  keep- 
j  local  picture  houses  open  dur- 
j  the  hot  weather  period. 

^"lint,    Mich.  —  General    reduction 
1 10   per   cent   in   union   scale   for 
jectionists   has   been    granted   to 
.houses  at  Flint. 


UA  in  Move  to  Add  British  Producers 

London  (By  Cable) — United  Artists  is  establishing  a  special  pool  to  attract  British 
producers  to  release  through  the  company  at  lower  distribution  terms,  it  is  disclosed 
by  Maurice  Silverstone,  UA  general  manager  in  charge  of  World  Affairs,  who  sails  for 
New  York  today,  concluding  his  first  visit  since  his  designation  as  the  company's  No.  1 
exec.  New  plan  calls  for  the  placing  of  any  sums  accruing  to  the  company  through 
the  marketing  of  pix  other  than  those  of  its  own  producers  into  a  fund  which  will  be 
shared  in  part  by  the  member-partners. 


iNG  CIRCUIT  FACING 
BICYCLING'  CHARGES 


t'ucson,  Ariz.  —  Copyright  in- 
[Itgement  actions  have  been  filed 
li  seven  distributors  against  Louis 
a  Long  and  the  managers  of  13 
l  the  Louis  F.  Long  Circuit  of 
Waters  in  Arizona  in  the  United 
i'tes  District  Court. 
Jills    of   complaint    in   the    seven 

(Continued  on  Page  7) 


'Drums"  Road-Show 
Plan  Meeting  Obstacles 


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^oad-show  plan  of  United  Artists 

Alexander    Korda's    Technicolor 

eduction     of     "Drums"     has     en- 

ntered  stumbling  blocks,  in  New 
;!:k,  Chicago  and  Los  Angeles,  it 
;5  learned  yesterday. 

n  this  city,  the  obstacle  has  been 

J  (.Continued  on  Page  8) 

'>urt  Frowns  on  Defense 
i     Motions  in  Dallas  Action 


Ascap  Technicality  Hearing  Monday; 
Washington  Decision  to  be  Appealed 


Whether  the  Florida  injunction 
obtained  recently  by  Ascap  against 
the  late  Attorney  General  of  Flor- 
ida, Cary  D.  Landis,  is  applicable 
to  the  new  incumbent,  is  the  point 
that  will  be  argued  before  Circuit 
Judge  Foster  and  Federal  Judges 
Strum  and  Long  in  the  U.  S.  Dis- 
trict   Court   at    Pensacola,    Monday. 

Florida   has   already   appealed    to 


the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court  from  the 
injunction  but  the  unexpected  de- 
mise of  Attorney  General  Landis, 
has  opened  a  technical  point  for  the 
State.  Louis  D.  Frolich  of  Ascap 
counsel,  who  will  argue  the  case, 
will  meet  E.  C.  Mills,  Ascap  official 
there. 
It  is  expected  that  regardless  of 
(Continued  on  Page  8) 


Screen  Actors  Guild  to  Organize  Midwest  Studios 


Active  organization  in  the  Middle 
West  by  the  Screen  Actors  Guild, 
with  Chicago  the  focal  point  for  ac- 
tivities, has  been  started,  it  was 
learned  yesterday  when  Mrs.  Flor- 
ence Marston,  Eastern  head  of  SAG, 
returned  to  the  home  office  after  a 
trip  to  the  Windy  City. 


Mrs.  Marston  stated  that  a  con- 
tract with  the  studios  in  Chicago 
was  in  the  process  of  being  nego- 
tiated, with  the  pact  expected  to  be 
signed  within  the  next  two  weeks. 
There  are  six  or  seven  studios  op- 
erating actively  there  now,  princip- 
( Continued  on  Page  7) 


Holiday  Week-end  Visitors  Provide 
Gold  Rush  for  Broadway  Pix  Houses 


Dallas— Federal  Judge  W.  H.  At- 
iil   yesterday   held   that   two   mo- 

is  presented  by  Defense  Attorney 
-jrge  S.  Wright  with  reference  to 

lings  of  fact  and  conclusions  at 
in    the    Dallas    anti-trust    case 

(Continued  on  Page  8) 


N.  J.  Allied  Convention 

at  Atlantic  City  in  Oct. 

Annual  convention  of  Allied  Thea- 
ter Owners  of  New  Jersey  and  east- 
ern regional  Allied  units  will  be 
held  at  the  Ritz  Carlton  Hotel,  At- 
lantic City,  Oct.  19,  20  and  21.  Oc- 
casion marks  the  20th  annual  meet- 
(Continued  on  Page  7) 


Thousands  of  holiday  visitors  to 
New  York  poured  gold  into  the  box 
offices  of  the  Broadway  houses, 
with  the  result  that  business  in  gen- 
eral ran  well  ahead  of  the  Inde- 
pendence Day  weekend  of  a  year 
ago.  Theaters  reported  grosses  were 
from  5  p.c.  to  60  p.c.  ahead  of  last 
year 

Neighborhood  houses,  however,  re- 

(Continued  on  Page  2) 


Ambassador  Voices  Appeal 
at  Silverstone  Fare- 
well   Luncheon 

London  (By  Cable) — Speaking  at 
the  joint  CEA-KRS  farewell  lunch- 
eon for  Maurice  Silverstone,  UA's 
general  manager  in  charge  of  World 
Affairs,  at  the  May'fair  Hotel  here 
yesterday,  Joseph  P.  Kennedy,  U.  S. 
Ambassador  to  the  Court  of  St. 
James  and  former  industry  exec, 
made  a  strong  appeal  to  the  U.  S. 
film  trade  to  support  British  pro- 
ducers. 

Introduced  by  Sir  Frederick 
Whyte,  chairman  of  the  new  Films 

(Continued  on   Page  8) 


MAX  A.  COHEN  BUYS 
INTO  BELLE  CIRCUIT 


First  step  towards  the  amalgama- 
tion of  the  Cinema  Circuit  and 
Belle  Theaters,  Inc.,  into  one  organ- 
ization was  completed  last  week 
when  Max  A.  Cohen,  head  of  Cin- 
ema Circuit,  acquired  a  substan- 
tial interest  in  the  latter  company, 
it   was   announced   yesterday.   Belle 

(Continued  on  Page  8) 


FitzPatrick  May  Produce 

in  Britain  for  Major  Co. 

James  A.  FitzPatrick  may  pro- 
duce a  group  of  quota  and  world 
distribution  pictures  in  England  for 
a  major  American  company,  he  an- 
nounced yesterday,  following  the 
return  Monday  from  England  on 
the  Queen  Mary. 

FitzPatrick  went  overseas  sever- 
al weeks  ago  to  liquidate  his  Brit- 
(Continued  on  Page  8) 

Paramount  Capitalization 
Now  Stands  at  $28,954,649 

Albany  —  Paramount  Pictures, 
Inc.,  has  filed  a  certificate  in  the  of- 
fice  of  the   Secretary   of   State   de- 

(Continued  on  Page  8) 


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DAILY 


Wednesday,  July  6,  IS 


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» 


Vol.  74,  No.  4         Wed.,  July  6,  1938  10  Cents 


JOHN    W.    ALICOATE 


Publisher 


DONALD    M.    MERSEREAU      :     General    Manager 
CHESTER    B.    BAHN      ::::::    Editor 


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SECURITY 


JOSEPH  M.  SCHENCK,  chairman  of  the  20th- 
Fox  board,  arrives  here  Friday  morning  on  the 
Century.  He  sails  for  England  next  week 
on    the    Normandie. 

HERMAN  WOBBER,  distribution  head  of 
20th-Fox,  returned  to  the  home  office  yester- 
day after  a   trip   to   the  Coast. 

GEORGE  P.  SKOURAS,  head  of  Skouras  The- 
aters, returned  to  his  office  yesterday  after 
spending  two  weeks  on  the  Coast. 

DAVID  A.  ROSE,  Paramount's  new  foreign 
production  head,  arrives  from  the  Coast  today 
by   plane. 

JAMES  A.  FITZPATRICK,  producer  of  M-C- 
M's  TravelTalks,  arrived  Monday  on  the  Queen 
Mary. 

MORRIS  GOODMAN,  vice-president  of  Re- 
public in  charge  of  the  foreign  department, 
leaves    today    on    the    Queen    Mary. 

JAMES  R.  GRAINGER,  president  of  Repub- 
lic, has  returned  from  a  trip  to  Chicago  and 
Detroit. 

DAVE  GOULD,  dance  director,  arrives  here 
this  weekend  to  direct  the  dance  sequences  in 
a    new    Max    Gordon    show. 

SYDNEY  TOWELL,  treasurer  of  20th-Fox,  is 
in    England. 

JOSEPH  N.  WEBER,  president  of  the  Amer- 
ican Federation  of  Musicians,  returns  to  New 
York    today    from     Cincinnati. 

WALTER  J.  S.  HUMMEL,  foreign  sales  man- 
ager for  Warners,  arrives  today  on  the  lie  de 
France.  LILY  DARVAS,  Viennese  actress,  ED- 
WARD DOWLING,  theatrical  producer,  and 
MRS.    DOWLING,    also   arrive   on   the   boat. 

CARL  LESERMAN,  assistant  general  sales 
manager  of  Warners,  leaves  for  Atlanta  today 
on  a  business  trip.  He  returns  over  the  week- 
end. 

WILLIAM  J.  TUBBERT,  Schine  division  man- 
ager with  headquarters  at  Watertown,  New 
York,  is  stopping  at  the  Lincoln.  MRS.  TUB- 
BERT   is   with   him. 


DANIEL  SCANLON,  film  attorney,  of  Water- 
town,  and  MRS.  SCANLON,  arrive  in  New  York 
today  for  a   few  days'  vacation. 

HERBERT  GRIFFIN,  vice-president  of  In- 
ternational Projector  Corp.,  and  GEORGE 
FRIEDL,  JR.,  director  of  sound  engineering,  have 
returned  to  New  York  after  a  three  weeks'  stay 
on     the    Coast. 

ROY  ROGERS,  Republic  cowboy  star,  leaves 
tomorrow   for   p.a.'s   in   Albany   and   Chicago. 

MILTON  HOSFELD,  New  York  City  travel- 
ing booker  for  Fox  West  Coast,  is  in  Salt 
Lake   City.      He   goes   to    Denver   tomorrow. 

BEN  BLAKE  has  returned  from  Bermuda 
where  he  completed  a  color  short  in  a  series 
of   world   tours   he    is   making   for   Columbia. 

JACOB  A.  WEISER,  talent  scout,  leaves  the 
end  of  this  month  for  a  tour  of  the  country. 

SIDNEY  MEYER,  of  the  Wometco  Theaters, 
Inc.,  and  MRS.  MEYER,  will  sail  from  New 
York  this  week  for  a  two  months'  vacation  in 
Europe. 

HOWARD  HUGHES  arrived  from  the  Coast 
Monday  on  the  first  lap  of  his  globe  circling 
air   tour. 

GENE  FOWLER,  writer,  arrives  in  New  York 
within    the    next   two   weeks   from    the   Coast. 

EDDIE  CANTOR,  MRS.  CANTOR,  and  JANET 
CANTOR,  and  MR.  and  MRS.  DON  AMECHE 
sail  today  on  the  Queen  Mary  for  European 
vacations. 

REGINALD  REUBENSON  is  staying  at  the 
Edison. 

BRUCE  LESTER,  Warner  player,  leaves  Hol- 
lywood  this  week  for  a   trip  to   England. 

EDCAR  KENNEDY,  comedian,  returns  tomor- 
row on  the  Manhattan  after  playing  a  lead 
role  in  a  new  Gaumont  British  picture  in  Eng- 
land. 

RUSSELL  PATTERSON,  illustrator,  has  re- 
turned to  New  York  after  a  lengthy  stay  on 
the    Coast. 


20th-Fox  Offering  Both 
Flat  Rentals,  "%"  in  Minn. 

Minneapolis — Twin  City  indie  ex- 
hibs.  will  be  offered  their  choice  of 
percentage  or  flat  rental  deals  for 
1938-39  product  of  20th  Century- 
Pox.  That  is  the  company's  answer 
to  the  anti-percentage  policy  of  Al- 
lied Theaters  of  the  Northwest, 
District  Manager  Moe  Levy  said  in 
announcing  that  discussions  on  new 
season  contracts  already  are  under 
way  with  Minneapolis  suburban  op- 
erators. 


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Best  wishes  from   THE   FILM   DAILY  to 
the      following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY   6 

Don    Mersereau 

Al  Wilkie 

Frank    E.   Garbutt 

Jay    Blaufox 


Drive-In  Theater  Is  Too 

Noisy,  Neighbors  Assert 

Detroit — Petition  by  590  neigh- 
bors seeks  to  have  the  Drive-in 
Theater  declared  a  nuisance,  as,  it 
is  claimed,  the  sound  carries  for 
two  miles.  Hearing  on  a  tempor- 
ary restraining  order  has  been  set 
for  July  11  by  Circuit  Judge  Allen 
Campbell. 


Hold  Testimonial  Dinner 
for   Mike   Cullen   Monday 

Pittsburgh — Mike  Cullen,  for  the 
past  seven  years  managing  director 
of  Loew's  Penn  Theater  in  Pitts- 
burgh, who  has  just  been  promoted 
to  district  manager,  will  be  tendered 
a  farewell  dinner  by  fellow  mem- 
bers of  the  Variety  Club  and  the 
Theater  Managers'  Association,  of 
which  he  is  the  head,  next  Monday 
at  the  William  Penn  Hotel. 


100  British  Exhibitors 

Want  Baird  Television 


London  (By  Cable)  —  Gaumont- 
British  Equipments,  which  will  mar- 
ket Baird  television  receivers  for 
theaters,  is  reported  to  have  tenta- 
tive orders  from  100  houses.  Orders 
result    from    recent    demonstration. 


BROADWAY  BUSINESS 
AHEAD  OVER  HOLID/ 


(.Continued  from  Page   1) 

ported  business  slightly  below 
holiday  weekend  of  last  year-  \l 
drop  in  attendance,  it  was  saf^t/. 
not  extensive  and  the  cause  was  1 
to  the  ideal  holiday  weather  wh 
drew  the  public  out  of  the  city. 

The  Roxy  reported  that  week* 
grosses  were  60  p.c.  ahead  of  1 
year,  the  big  increase  being  credi 
to  a  much  stronger  picture  on  1 
screen  and  the  heavy  transi* 
trade.  The  Paramount,  Loew's  Sta 
Music  Hall  and  Strand  turned 
grosses  from  5  to  15  p.c.  over  ) 
corresponding  weekend  a  year  a 

Early    reports    from    the    hint  I 
lands   were    described   as    encour; 
ing  in  circuit  circles.      Chicago 
showed    a    decided    improvement, 
was   said. 


Orlob  Plans  2nd  Feature 

Production  in  the  E; 


Plans    are    already    being   forn  I 
lated  for  another  feature  product:  I 
to  follow  "One-Third  of  a  Natic 
which   starts  Aug.  15  at  the  Ea 
ern    Service    studios,    according 
an  announcement  yesterday  by  H:  I 
old  Orlob,  in  charge  of  producti 
The  second  feature  is  titled  "Tr  j 
Honeymoon"    and    is     an    intim; 
musical  farce. 


'Letty  Lynton"  Arguments 
Started  in  Federal  Coi 


Arguments  on  M-G-M's  appi 
from  the  "Letty  Lynton"  plagi; 
ism  decision  started  yesterday  1 
fore  Federal  Judge  Leibell.  Jo 
W.  Davis,  attorney  for  the  defen 
admitted  that  infringement  hadbf 
committed,  but  quoted  the  decisi 
of  Judge  C.  J.  Hand  who  said,  ' 
was  an  unconcious  plagiarism"  a 
that  it  had  not  been  done  delibera 

ly. 

Davis  pointed  out  that  the  pla 
tiffs,  Margaret  Ayres  Barnes  a 
Edward  Sheldon,  who  claimed  tl 
their  story,  "Libeled  Lady,"  -m 
plagiarized  in  the  production 
"Letty  Lynton,"  and  who  wt 
awarded  more  than  $500,000,  w< 
entitled  to  $30,000  damages  but  1 
entitled  to  the  profits.  Argumei 
will  be  continued  today. 


IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Saturday,  J 
6,    1918: 

NEW  YORK— New  ruling  hits  export  tra 
War  Trade  Board  puts  celluloid  on  restric 
list;   licenses   being  held   up. 

NEW  YORK— Universal  will  re-jssue  I 
Weber's  1915  production,  "Scandal,"  as  "Se. 
dal  Mongers";  pix  was  a  forerunner  of  feati 
intended  to  convey  a  social  lesson  in  enterta 
ing  form. 

WASHINGTON— H.  M.  Warner  of  War 
Bros,  conferred  with  the  Committee  on  Pul 
Information  on  the  suppression  of  pro-Cern 
pix. 

Yes,  20   Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictur 


1918 


WifV  DAILY 


1938 


THE  Daily  Newspaper  of  Motion  Pictures 


presents 


its 


20th  Anniversary  Number 

for  July  Release 
AND 

requests    your 
presence . 


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TEP  right  up,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  and  get  your 
orders  in  for  the  outstanding,  coming  event  of  this 
and  any  other  season. 

Seething  with  romance — vibrating  with  action — unfolding 
the  most  remarkable  story  of  the  past  twenty  years! 
Gentlemen,  until  you  have 


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booked  a  copy  of  the  forth- 
coming Twentieth  Anniver- 
sary Number  you  have  never 
booked  pictures. 

There  will  be  pictures  in 
this  issue  that  will  bring  back 
fond  memories,  pictures  that 
will  amuse  you,  and  pictures 
that  have  made  history  and — 
furthermore,  ladies  and 
gentlemen — pictures  that  will 
make  history. 

Turn  back  the  years  to  the 
first  studios — 

Do  you  remember  what 
they  looked  like  and  where 
they  were  and  who  had  them? 

Do  you  know  what  most  of 
the  industry's  finest  were 
doing  twenty  years  ago? 

Do  you  think  you  would 
know  our  finest  executives, 
directors,  writers,  players  if 

they  were  to  pass  you  on  the  street  today,  looking  as  they  did  twenty 
years  or  more  ago?   We  doubt  it. 

In  fact  we  are  sure  you  would  not  know  some  of  them. 

But — ladies  and  gentlemen,  we  now  offer  you  the  opportunity  to  come 
face  to  face  with  these  people  just  as  they  were  at  that  time.  Handle 
bar  mustaches,  high  collars,  high  neck  and  pantaloon  bathing  suits,  not 
to  mention  the  unworried  look  on  the  now  furroughed  brows  of  some  of 
our  best  who  are  not  only  carrying  the  burden  of  their  own  problems  on 
their  shoulders,  but  those  of  the  most  glamorous  industry  in  the  world 
today. 


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A  pictorial  story  of  the  happenings 
of  the  industry  from  the  inventive 
age  to  the  present  gold  age. 

Verbiage,  gentlemen,  yes,  verbiage 
loo — 

Those  prognostications  that  pub- 
licity men  wrote  for  their  presidents 
yars  and  yars  ago.  They  are  hot 
boys,  h-o-t,  hot! 

And  believe  you  us  you  will  rave 
over  this  edition. 


Over  here  on  the 
right  is  a  picture  of 
some  of  the  industry's 
finest  as  they  appeared 
in  the  good  old  IMP 
days.  This  picture 
should  recall  many  hap- 
py memories  to  some 
of  our  readers. 


And  on  the  left  we 
have  a  bevy  of  Califor- 
nia's finest. 

They  tell  us  that  the 
little  tree  in  the  upper 
left  hand  corner  of  the 
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TIME     IN    PICTURES 


And  NOW 


Ladies  and  Gentlemen 


Once  again  we  say  step  right  up, 


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So — if  you  have  not  already  bought  space  in  this  issue  do  so  right  now — write,  wire  or  call 
FILM  DAILY,  and  a  representative,  or  even  two  (make  it  six  pages  and  we'll  all  call  on  you), 
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In  New  York  the  address  is  1501  Broadway,  Telephone :  BRyant  9-7117, 7118, 7119, 7120, 7121. 
(If  they're  all  busy,  wire.) 

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£     Now,  not  twenty  years  later,  is  the  time  to  get  in  the  edition  of  all  editions,  of  all 
trade  papers,  that  gigantic,  super-special  20th  Anniversary  Number  of  THE  FILM  DAILY. 


Vednesday,  July  6,  1938 


DAILY 


IONG  CIRCUIT  FACING 
'BICYCLING'  CHARGES 


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fiingement  actions  charge  that 
i  of  about  50  copyrighted  fea- 

7  7  motion  pictures  booked  for 
jrtain  specified  theaters  in  the 
ong  circuit  were  used  at  other 
leaters  in  the  circuit  without  li- 
;nse  from  the  distributors.  The 
implaints  were  recently  served  on 
ong  by  the  United  States  Marshal, 
id  the  defendant  has  until  July 
L  to  file  his  answers.  The  viola- 
'ons  charged  in  the  complaints  are 
icwn  in  the  trade  as  "bicycling." 

Among  the  various  plaintiffs  are 
wentieth  Century-Fox  Film  Corp., 
itagraph,  Inc.,  Universal  Film  Ex- 
lange,  Inc.,  United  Artists  Cor- 
jration,  Columbia  Pictures  Cor- 
Diation,  Paramount  Pictures,  Inc., 
id  RKO  Radio  Pictures,  Inc.  Un- 
:ensed  exhibitions  are  alleged  to 
ive  been  given  in  the  towns  of 
enson,  Willcox,  Eloy,  Florence, 
jnora,  Solomonsville,  Pima,  Dun- 
m,  Ray,  Hayden,  Bowie,  Superior 
ad  Coolidge,  Ariz. 

Exhibitor  complaints  to  Los  An- 
gles branch  offices  of  the  distribu- 
■rs  resulted  in  investigations  by 
ie  Copyright  Protection  Bureau 
hich  disclosed  the  copyright  viola- 
ons  upon  which  the  actions  are 
ised. 


creen  Actors  Guild 

To  Organize  In  Midwest 

(Continued  from   Page   1) 

ly  in  the  advertising  and  commer- 
al  field,  it  was  learned. 

For  the  time  being  no  office  will 
i  established  in   Chicago  by   SAG, 

was  learned,  with  active  admin- 
tration  being  carried  on  from  New 
ork.  Mrs.  Marston  revealed  that 
hicago,  Detroit  and  Cleveland  will 
i  regionally  administrated,  with 
Iministrative  office  probably  in  De- 
oit  when  one  is  set  up. 

She  expects  to  leave  for  the 
oast  around  the  end  of  next  week 
i  work  with  the  western  SAG  or- 
mization  during  the   summer. 

I.  J.  Allied  Convention 

at  Atlantic  City  in  Oct. 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

g  of  the  Allied  organization.  The 
iard  of  directors  is  scheduled  to 
eet  on  the  19th,  with  open  ses- 
ons  slated  for  the  remaining  two 
liys. 

Ray  Cozine  Engaged 

Ray  Cozine  has  been  engaged  to 
2ad  the  motion  picture  division  of 
ie  Rockridge  School  of  the  Thea- 
:r,  Carmel,  N.  Y.,  it  is  announced 
7  Robert  Kendall  Goodhue,  director 
:  the  school. 


J.  M.  Dixon  Hospitalized 

Flora,  Ind. — J.  M.  Dixon,  local 
ieater  operator,  is  confined  to  the 
ogansport  (Ind.)  Hospital  follow- 
ig  an  appendectomy. 


•  •      •     BALLOTING   is    all   finished   on   the    AMP  A   Awards 

more  than  80  per  cent  of  the  independent  and  circuit-operated  theaters 

of   the   nation   are   represented the   ballots   will   remain   unopened 

until   the    afternoon    of   the    Awards   Luncheon to   be    held   in    the 

Waldorf-Astoria's    Sert    Room    on    Thursday,    July    14 the    Awards 

will  be  based  on  the  merits  of  the  pictures,  the  effectiveness  of  the  home 
office  campaigns,  box-office  personality  values,  as  well  as  the  individu- 
al contributions  made  for  the  general  constructive  progress  of  the  in- 
dustry   the  Awards  Committee  feel  that  this  third  annual  balloting 

will  serve  two  purposes to  give  due  recognition  to  deserving  pic- 
tures,   stars    and    the    distributing    and    producing    companies and 

making  exhibitor  opinions  a  guide  in  the  future  operations  of  the  ad 
and    pub    men 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     LIBRARY  DISPLAY plugging  short  subjects 

the  Cleveland  Public  Library  has  opened  an  extensive  display  in 
the  main  corridor  on  "Short  Subjects,  What  They  Are,  How  They 

Are   Made" the   display,   extending  through  four  weeks,   is 

designed  to  make  the  public  short  subject  conscious  and  to  increase 
the  library's  circulation  by  listing  suggested  reading 

▼  - 

•  •  •  MATERIAL  for  the  exhibit  has  been  contributed  by  Uni- 
versal, M-G-M,  Warners,  RKO  Radio,  Walt  Disney,  March  of  Time  and 

Columbia a  complete   exposition   of  the  making  of  "Snow  White" 

is  included a  March  of  Time  representation  of  how  both  the  screen 

and  radio  issues  are  assembled and  camera  shots  of  the  makers 

of  shorts the   display   also  introduces  the   new  cartoon   characters 

Pinocchio,  Bami  and  Ferdinand  the  Bull suggested  reading  mat- 
ter is  incorporated  in  each  display,  which  was  arranged  by  Fred  Meyer 
in  charge  of  the  publicity  dep't  of  the  Library 

T  ▼  T 

•  •  •  WHILE  OTHERS  had  themselves  a  time  over  the 
Fourth,  according  to  custom,  Samuel  Cohen,  the  United  Artists 
foreign  publicity  head  saved  his  strength  to  celebrate  his  birthday 

last  nite at  a  party  given  for  him  by  friends  at  Ben  Marden's 

Riviera asked  if  there  were  to  be  any  film  personages  in  the 

party,  Sam  shouted  in  his  normal  manner:    "No,  they  are  all  rich." 

T  T  ▼ 

•  •  •  CONGRATULATIONS  are  being  heaped  on  Karl  Hoblitzelle. 
the  well  known  theater  operator  of  the  Southwest who  in  asso- 
ciation with  Alfred  O.  Andersson,  Bob  O'Donnell,  W.  E.  Mitchell  and 
Lewis  W.  Bailey has  taken  over  publication  of  the  Dallas  Dis- 
patch and  the  Dallas  Journal which  have  been  combined  in  one 

giant  newspaper the  inaugural  issue  of  July  1  is  a  honey in 

four  sections  of  over  60  pages loaded  down  with  ads  from  well- 
wishers  in  the  financial  and  business   community every  business 

organization  of  consequence  in  the  Dallas  district  is  represented 

▼  T  T 

•  •  •  FIRST  Newsreel  shots  of  Barbara  Hutton's  child,  who 
has  made  the  newspapers  almost  every  day  of  his  short  life,  are 

in  the  current  Pathe  News the  poor  little  rich  kid  who  is  in 

chancery  at  the  age  of  two yet  at  the  same  time  heir  to  the 

greatest  pile  of  nickels  and  dimes  ever  brought  together 

T  T  ▼ 

•  •      •     IN  TOWN Russell   Patterson,   noted    illustrator 

returned    from    Hollywood    where    he    acted    as    production    consultant 

for  Paramount   on   "Artists   and  Models"   and   other  films he   will 

discuss  with  World's  Fair  official  the  idea  of  a  puppet  show  built  around 

his  "Pattersonettes."  a  group  of  marionettes these  will  be  starred 

in  a  Technicolor  production  of  "Braggadocio,"  a  Spanish  children's 
story 


48  BEFORE  CAMERAS; 
20TH-F0X  SHOOTS  10 


West    Coast    Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood  —  Forty-eight  pictures 
are  in  production  with  20th  Century- 
Fox  topping  the  list  with  ten,  fol- 
lowed by  Paramount  with  eight, 
M-G-M,  Warner  Bros,  with  six,  and 
RKO,  five.  Columbia  and  Universal 
are  making  four  each  and  Roach 
two.  Goldwyn,  Republic,  Lesser  and 
Sherman  are  credited  with  one  each. 
Production  at  Warners  is  at  high- 
est peak  since  January. 

Minneapolis  Price  Drop 

Expected  to  End  Sept.  1 

Minneapolis — Reduction  of  admish 
price  top  here  to  40  cents  from  55 
cents  by  the  Minnesota  Amusement 
Co.,  simultaneous  with  the  closing 
of  the  4,200-seat  Minnesota,  has 
stirred  suburban  theater  owners. 
With  closing  of  the  Minnesota,  the 
State  moved  up  to  key  house  of  the 
downtown  situation.  The  Grand  is 
being  reopened  as  a  first-run  next 
month,  giving  the  city  eight  Loop 
first-runs,  the  State,  Century,  Orph- 
eum,  Grand  and  Aster,  the  last 
named  alternating  with  first  and 
second-runs.  W.  A.  Steffes'  World 
and  Ben  Berger's  Time  are  Minne- 
sota Amusement  Co.  Loop  opposi- 
tion first-runs. 

The  reduction  of  prices  is  attrib- 
uted by  Circuit  President  John  J. 
Friedl  to  prevalent  poor  conditions 
and  summer  outdoor  competition. 
The  reduction  will  remain  only  dur- 
ing the  summer  months,  it  is  indi- 
cated, with  a  return  to  the  55-cent 
level  expected  by  Sept.  1. 

Price  cutting  at  first-runs  may 
cause  independents  to  reduce  admis- 
sions ten  cents,  W.  A.  Steffes,  presi- 
dent of  Allied  Theaters  of  the 
Northwest,  asserted  in  commenting 
upon  the  first-run  scale  reduction. 
The  circuit,  he  said,  should  go  fur- 
ther, reducing  its  prices  to  25  cents 
top  at  downtown  first-runs  with  pro- 
tection demands  waived.  This  will 
enable  Minneapolis  first-runs  to 
"get  back  into  show  business"  and 
give  the  independent  houses  oppor- 
tunity to  compete  with  Loop  thea- 
ters on  an  equitable  basis.  If  inde- 
pendents are  forced  to  cut  prices, 
exchanges  will  suffer  through  de- 
creased rentals,  he  believes. 

Pierre  Levy  III 

Fort  Worth — Pierre  C.  Levy,  city 
manager  of  the  Interstate  Circuit 
Theaters  here,  is  in  Cook-Memorial 
Hospital,   under    orders   to   rest. 

Frank  O.  Peers  Dead 

Chicago — Frank  O.  Peers,  67,  vet- 
eran theater  executive,  is  dead.  He 
is  the  father  of  Joan  Peers,  actress. 

George  Appleby  Dead 

Portland,  Ore. — George  Appleby, 
58,  directing  the  Music  Box,  Blue 
Mouse  and  Playhouse  of  the  Ham- 
rick-Evergreen  circuit,  is  dead. 


Wednesday,  July  6,-  19 


i 


ASCAP  HEARING  SET; 
APPEAL  WASH.  POINT 


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which  side  wins,  the  anti-Ascap  laws 
will  eventually  reach  the  U.  S.  Su- 
preme  Court. 

An  appeal  from  the  recent  three- 
judge  Federal  Court  decision  at 
Washington,  which  declared  Ascap 
did  not  prove  a  loss  of  $3,000,  is 
being  taken  by  Ascap  late  this 
month  to  the  Supreme  Court.  The 
jurisdictional  point  will  be  the  only 
argument. 


UA 


'Drums"  Road-Show 
Plan  Meeting  Obstacles 


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the  fact  that  Metro  has  the  Astor 
theater  tied  up  for  the  forthcom- 
ing Norma  Shearer  vehicle,  "Marie 
Antoinette."  As  a  result,  "Drums" 
will  go  into  the  Radio  City  Music 
Hall  on  Sept.  29. 

In  Chicago  the  road-show  plans 
for  the  picture  are  also  being  held 
up  because  of  Balaban  &  Katz'  re- 
fusal to  make  a  deal  for  the  Apollo 
Theater  where  "Old  Chicago"  re- 
cently played  as  a  road-show.  In 
Los  Angeles  the  situation  is  very 
similar  to  New  York  where  the  Car- 
thay  Circle  is  tied  up  with  a  road- 
show from  another  company. 

UA  is  studying  the  situation  in 
an  effort  to  find  suitable  road-show 
outlets  in  these  major  cities.  Com- 
pany feels,  it  is  understood,  that 
"Drums"  calls  for  the  same  show- 
manly  handling  given  "Hurricane," 
which  benefited  materially  from 
road-showing. 


Max  A.  Cohen  Buys 

Into  Belle  Circuit 


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Theaters,  Inc.,  which  is  headed  by 
Benjamin  Sherman,  operates  nine 
houses  in  Manhattan.  Cinema  Cir- 
cuit operates  four  theaters  in  Man- 
hattan, one  in  Brooklyn,  one  in  the 
Bronx  and  one  in  Lyndhurst,  N.  J. 

When  Belle  and  Cinema  are  con- 
solidated into  one  exhibition  unit, 
operation  of  the  theaters  will  be 
under  the  direction  of  Cohen,  who 
is  also  tentative  chairman  of  Allied 
Theater  Owners  of  New  York.  Ac- 
cording to  the  announcement,  de- 
tails for  the  merger  are  now  being 
worked  out.  It  was  also  stated 
that  heads  of  the  combined  circuits 
contemplate  further  expansion  ac- 
tivities, embracing  the  acquisition 
of  additional  houses  with  several 
deals  now  being  negotiated.  Setup 
will  result,  it  was  said,  in  one  of 
the  most  important  independent  cir- 
cuits in  Greater  New  York._ 

Belle  now  operates  the  Bijou,  Cos- 
mo, Harlem,  Grand,  Jewel,  New 
Delancey,  Orpheum,  Palace,  Pales- 
tine, Regun  and  Ruby.  Cinema's 
group  includes  the  George  M.  Co- 
han, Harris,  New  Amsterdam,  West 
End,  all  in  Manhattan;  Astor, 
Brooklyn;  Prospect,  The  Bronx,  and 
the  Ritz.  Lyndhurst,  N.  J. 


Newsreel  House  With  Tele  Equipment 

London  (By  Cable) — It  is  reported  that  Monseigneur  Theaters,  Ltd.,  has  acquired 
site  for  a  newsreel  theater  at  British  Industries  House,  Marble  Arch,  where  building  will 
soon  begin  on  a  "super"  newsreel  house  to  cost  $225,000.  Facilities  will  be  provided 
for  television,  and  for  16  mm.  and  35  mm.  films.  Capacity  will  approximate  500 
persons.     Expectation  is  to  open  it  by  the  end  of  the  year. 


Paramount  Capitalization  FitzPatrick  May  Produce 

Now  Stands  at  $28,954,649  in  Britain  for  Major  Co. 


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creasing  its  capital  stock  from  $29,- 
856,649  to  $28,954,649. 


Stanton  Griffis,  chairman  of  Par- 
amount's  executive  committee, 
stated  yesterday  that  the  reduction 
in  the  company's  capital  stock  was 
approved  at  the  recent  stockholders 
meeting.  A  block  of  stock,  he  said, 
was  cancelled  for  technical  reasons. 


Ohio  Admissions  Levy 

Extended  by  Legislature 

Columbus,  O. — The  Ohio  Legisla- 
ture has  completed  action  on  a  poor 
relief  program  for  1938  with  pas- 
sage by  the  House  of  the  tax-ex- 
tender bill.  Extending  the  present 
admissions,  utilities  excise,  and  bev- 
erage taxes  through  1941,  and  per- 
mitting counties  to  borrow  80  per- 
cent on  these  anticipated  revenues. 
This  measure  had  been  previously 
adopted  by  the  Senate. 

This  will  raise  an  estimated 
$7,200,000  this  year  for  24  needy 
counties  which  must  match  state 
grants  equally.  Provisions  to  aid 
local  government  raise  matching 
funds  are  included  in  other  meas- 
ures of  the  relief  program.  Passage 
of  the  tax  extender  measure  cli- 
maxed a  series  of  deadlocks  between 
the  two  branches. 


Rose  Arrives  for  Talks 

With  Balaban  and  Hicks 


David  Rose,  recently  -  appointed 
head  of  Paramount's  foreign  pro- 
duction activities,  arrives  in  New 
York  today  for  conferences  with 
President  Barney  Balaban  and  John 
W.  Hicks,  vice-president  in  charge 
of  the  foreign  department.  Rose 
is  expected  to  remain  here  for  about 
a  week  before  sailing  for  England 
to  take  up  his  new  duties. 


Former  German   Exhibitor 
Planning   Chicago   Circuit 

Chicago  —  Henry  H.  Field  has 
bought  the  Lyric  Theater  from  Jack 
Lieberthal  of  the  Midwest  Theater 
Supply  Co.  He  is  installing  a  new 
cooling  system  in  the  house.  Field 
formerly  operated  three  houses  in 
Berlin,  Germany.  He  plans  the 
Lyric  as  the  first  house  of  a  circuit. 

Expects  Close  Vote 

Albany — Predictions  that  the  vote 
on  legalized  gambling  would  be  un- 
usually close,  mingled  last  night  on 
the  eve  of  debate,  with  the  asser- 
tion that  the  Hirshberg  amendment 
to  the  State  Constitution  had  a  good 
chance  of  prevailing. 


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ish  organization  which  last  year 
produced  quota  product  for  M-G-M. 
However,  before  liquidation  could 
be  completed,  he  received  a  cable 
from  an  American  company  which 
made  him  a  definite  offer.  Fitz- 
Patrick halted  liquidation,  re-instat- 
ed the  company  and  returned  to  the 
U.  S.  to  complete  the  negotiations. 
Four  of  the  pictures  he  would 
make  for  the  American  company 
would  be  in  color,  FitzPatrick  said. 
He  declined  to  reveal  which  com- 
pany had  made  him  the  offer. 


SUPPORT  FOR  BRITISH 
FILMS  IN  U.  S.  URGE 


Equity  Wants  Actors  Paid 
for  Newsreel  Appearances 

Request  by  Pathe  News  to  photo- 
graph members  of  Actors  Equity 
Association  without  compensation  to 
the  actors  while  they  are  actively 
engaged  in  production  of  a  play, 
was  vetoed  yesterday  by  the  AEA 
Council,  who  ruled  that  a  full  week's 
pay  must  be  given  to  each  actor 
photographed  for  a  full  day  or  part 
of  a  day  by  the  newsreel  company 
while  they  are  at  work. 

It  was  stated  that  AEA  had  no 
cause  to  complain  about  its  mem- 
bers being  photographed  in  public, 
but  while  they  are  working  in  a  play 
they  must  be  paid  by  any  film  com- 
pany using  pictures  taken  at  such 
a  time. 

At  the  next  meeting  of  AEA,  July 
19,  the  newly  drafted  code  of  fair 
practices  will  be  considered  by  the 
Council,  with  a  committee  of  man- 
agers attending  to  answer  any 
questions  regarding  the  code,  it  was 
learned. 

Due  to  a  number  of  AEA  mem- 
bers being  out  of  town  for  the 
summer  the  Council  appointed  Hugh 
Rennie  and  Joe  Vitale  to  serve  on 
the  Council  until  E.  J.  Blunkall  and 
Philip  Loeb  return,  and  also  ap- 
pointed Ruth  Richmond  as  a  per- 
manent member  of  the  world's  fair 
committee,  and  Robert  T.  Harris 
and  John  Lorenz  as  temporary 
members. 


Parsons  Air  Negotiations 
Reported  at  Impasse  Point 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  The  frequently  re- 
ported breach  between  Louella  O, 
Parsons,  Hearstian  film  columnist, 
and  Ward  Wheelock  of  the  agency 
producing  the  radio  "Hollywood 
Hotel"  for  Campbell's  Soups  has 
reached  the  point  where  negotia- 
tions for  continuance  of  Miss  Par- 
sons and  the  air  show  as  formerly 
constituted  have  reached  an  impasse, 
it  is  understood. 


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Council,  who  presided,  and  addres 
ing  an  audience  of  500  comp  j 
industry  tops,  Kennedy  minceV'  ;'■ 
words.  He  pointed  out  that  Ame 
icans  took  a  great  deal  out  of  th, 
country  every  year,  and  it  behoov 
them  to  help  whenever  they  cou! 

It    would    be     terrible,     Kennei 
asserted,   to    have   anything  happi 
to   the   British   film   industry   whi 
was  traceable  to  a  lack  of  co-oper 
tion  by  Americans. 

Turning  to  the  guest  of  hon< 
Kennedy  said,  "I  know  that  IV 
Silverstone  will  promote  intern 
tional  film  relations  in  his  new  jol 

The  UA  exec,  spoke  in  simil 
vein,  saying,  "I  make  an  open  pi 
to  all  American  exhibitors  and1 
urge  them  to  realize  the  important 
of  British  films  in  their  market.  . 
definitely  feel  that  without  the  En 
lish  market  American  product 
cannot  continue  making  films." 

Unusual  importance  was  attach 
to  the  Kennedy  address  by 
branches  of  the  British  industry  h 
night.  This  was  due,  first,  to  1 
keen  personal  knowledge  of  the 
dustry  and,  secondly,  to  the  p; 
he  has  played  in  the  present  Ang 
American   trade   pact  negotiation 

Among  the  notables  on  the  d; 
were  Lord  Louis  Mountbatten,  I 
Connup  Guthrie,  Capt.  Richard  N 
ton,  Charles  Laughton,  Alexam 
Korda,  Erich  Pommer,  E.  H.  Lev 
Oscar  Deutsch  and  Arthur  Jar  ret 

Silverstone  who  has  been  hi 
for  several  weeks,  sails  on  the  N 
mandie  today  to  assume  the  brc 
powers  assured  by  his  new  UA  ci 
tract  and  post.  While  Silverstone  \ 
maintain  New  York  headquarte 
his  contract  cloaks  him  with  auth 
ity  to  travel  when  and  where 
pleases.  Periodic  visits  to  this  coi 
try  and  other  UA  spheres  of  inii 
ence  are  contemplated. 

As  his  co-successors  here  as  m; 
aging    director   of   UA    Corp.,    Li 
Silverstone   leaves   E.    T.    Carr   s 
George    Archibald,    the    former 
direct  sales,  the  latter  to  handle  ;' 
ministrative    duties.      Archibald 
well  becomes  managing  director 
UA   Export,   Ltd.,  which  supervi 
UA  biz  in  the  Near  East  and  G 
tinental    Europe.      He    continues 
a  director  of  Odeon  Theaters,  L 
and    Odeon   Cinema    Holdings,   L 
it  is  stated. 


Court  Frowns  on  Defense 
Motions  in  Dallas  Acti  i 


{Continued  from  Page  1) 

were    of    no    merit.      Judge    Atv 
granted   an    extension   of  his   co 
term  to   allow  the   defense"   to  jl 
feet  the   appeal  papers,   which,    I 
cording  to  Wright,  are  likely  to  '■ 
completed  today. 

The  U.   S.   Supreme   Court  prd- 
ously  had  sent  back  the  anti-tit 
suit   for    proper    findings    and    c 
elusions. 


p  Ift)  13     ^     13  I  ST 
i-      STKELT 

2    I  S  T      F 


Intimate  in  Character 
international  in  Scope 
Independent    in    Thought 


pit   rr    COPY 

OO    fsiOT    RE1JVIOV 


The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now  Twenty   Years  Old 


-1FDAILY' 


_.  74,  NO.  5 


NEW  YORK,  THURSDAY,  JULY  7,  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


Vew  Alove  Made  to  Solve  Cl( 


Prott 


earance  rroDiem  in  \-ana 


Canada 


ALLIED  MS  PIX  PROBEJY  NEW  FEDERAL  GROUP 

.ounsel  for  Chi.  Indies  Here  For  Litigation  Talks 


Kennedy  Speaks 

.  .  .  no  idle  words 

By   CHESTER    B.    BAHN  ■ 


i/HAT  Ambassador   Joseph    P.    Kennedy 
had  to  say  relative  to  American  sup- 

Irt   for    British    producers    at    the    London 

3ewell    luncheon    for    Maurice    Silverstone 

t  Tuesday  was  something  more  than  the 
iventional  hands-across-the-sea  senti- 
nt  expected  from  a  Yankee  envoy  at  an 
glo-American  assembly. 
Kennedy's  first-hand  knowledge  of  the 
ustry,  his  established  reputation  for  a 
ilistic  approach   to   any   and   all   problems 

'1  the  factual  information  accruing  from 
diplomatic  post  (the  latter  tied  to  the 
sent    trade    pact    negotiations)    unite    to 

'  €    his    words    significant    weight. 
vVhen   Kennedy    warns   that   it   would   be 

hrible"  to  have  anything  untoward  hap- 
l  to  the  British  industry  as  a  result  of 
terican  refusal  to  co-operate,  rest  as- 
ed  that  the  word  is  used  advisedly. 
ther.  that  the  consequences  would  be 
t  on   this  as  well   as   the   other   side   of 

I  Atlantic. 

o 

HE  British  market  always  has  been  im- 
portant   to     the    American     distributor; 

,  ay,  it  is  much  more  so  than  ever  before; 
■   reasons   are   wholly   obvious.      For   sel- 

y  if  not  for  altruistic  reasons,  it  is  de- 
ible  that  British  pictures  find  support 
the  United  States.  The  "or  else"  alter- 

-  ive  is  only  too   plain. 
As   to   the   past   American    exhibitor   in- 
ference   to    British    product,    it    may    be 
d    that    such    coolness    has    been    both 
isonable    and    unreasonable.       Reasonable 

j  that  exhibs.  have  rightly  felt  that  many 
the  imports  were  lacking  in  entertain- 
nt  value  for  domestic  audiences.  Un- 
isonable  in  that  an  occasional  outstand- 
:  English  production  has  failed  to  get 
:  playdate  backing  to  which  it  fairly 
s   entitled.      Herbert   Wilcox's    "Victoria 

jfc   Great",   for  instance. 

o 

UCH     general     exhibitor     resistance     as 

:  there  may  exist  here  to  British  pictures 
i  be  overcome  by,  first,  quality  product 
led  for  American  consumption  and,  sec- 
fly,  an  aggessive  selling  campaign  by  the 
tish  industry.  Popularity  of  American 
(.Continued  on   Page   2) 


Reported     Willing     to     Drop 

Proposed      Suits      for 

Circuit  Duals  Ban 

Here  in  connection  with  three 
threatened  suits  aimed  at  distribu- 
tors and  an  affiliated  circuit,  Joseph 
Rosenberg,  attorney  for  more  than 
100  independent  exhibitors  in  the 
Chicago  territory,  said  yesterday  he 
planned  to  "have  several  talks"  with 
distribution   heads   in   regard   to   al- 

( Continued  on   Page   6) 


20TH-F0X  SALES  10% 
AHEAD,  SAYS  WOBBER 


"Twentieth  Cenutry-Fox  is  clos- 
ing 1938-39  product  deals  faster 
than  last  year,  and  at  the  present 
time  we  are  running  about  10  per 
cent  ahead  of  the  total  closed  at 
this  time  a  year  ago,"  Herman  Wob- 

( Continued  on   Page   7) 


Christie  to  Make  Features 
as  Well  as  Shorts  in  East 


Before  leaving  for  the  Coast  yes- 
terday to  visit  his  mother,  Al  Chris- 
tie, veteran  film  director  who  has 
produced  and  directed  comedies  at 
the  Eastern   Service  studios  for  the 

(Continued  on  Page   7) 


UA-SELZNICK 
DEAL  IN  WORK 

Expect  New  Contract 
Will  Be  Signed 


London  (By  Cable)  —  With  the 
sailing  yesterday  for  the  U.  S.  of 
Maurice  Silverstone,  general  man- 
ager in  charge  of  World  Affairs 
for  UA,  came  first  official  confirma- 
tion that  a  new  distributing  con- 
tract with  Selznick  Internationa] 
now  is  in  work,  and  its  consumma- 
tion anticipated. 


Departure   of  John   Hay  Whitney 
for   the    Coast   last   night   strength- 

(Continued  on  Page   7) 

U,  S.-BRJTISHTREATY 
MAY  BE  SET  BY  AUG.  1 


London  (By  Cable) — It  is  reliably 
reported  that  Joseph  P.  Kennedy,  U. 
S.  envoy  to  the  Court  of  St.  James, 
has  advised  Prime  Minister  Cham- 
berlain that  completion  of  Anglo- 
American  trade  pact  negotiations  at 
Washington  may  be  expected  be- 
fore Aug.  1.  It  is  understood  that 
the  pact  will  be  for  more  compre- 
hensive  than   has   been   anticipated. 


New  Canadian  Committee  To  Tackle 
Perplexing  Problem  of  Clearance 


Three  Pix  Set  for  Para.'s 

Brit.   Production  Schedule 


With  three  pictures  definitely  set, 
Paramount's  complete  British  pro- 
duction plans  are  expected  to  be 
revealed  before  David  Rose,  head 
of  the  company's  foreign  produc- 
tion  activities,   leaves   for   England 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


Toronto — Clearance  problem,  long 
a  thorn  in  the  side  of  exhibition  in- 
tersts  in  Canada,  is  to  be  tackled  by 
a  new  sub-committee  of  the  Con- 
ciliation Committee,  with  prospects 
regarded  as  reasonably  bright  for  a 
solution. 

New  sub-committee  embraces  rep- 
resentatives of  the  distributors,  in- 
dies, Allen  Theaters,  B  &  F  Thea- 

C  Continued  on  Page  4) 


National  Economic  Committee 

Gets   Formal   Request 

from  Myers 

By  PRESCOTT  DENNETT 

Washington    Bui  can    of    THE    FILM    DAILY 

Washington  —  Allied  States, 
through  Abram  F.  Myers,  board 
chairman  and  general  counsel,  yes- 
terday filed  a  request  for  a  probe 
of  the  industry  with  the  National 
Economic  Committee,  joint  Con- 
gressional and  Executive  body 
charged  with  investigation  of  mo- 
nopolies. 

Shortly  before  leaving  for  a  trip 
through  the  South,  Rep.  Edward  C. 
Eicher,  Democrat,  of  Iowa,  commit- 

(Continued  on   Page  4) 

NLRB  ACTSTtTSETTLE 
IATSE-SUEW  BATTLE 


West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — At  an  informal  meet- 
ing held  here  yesterday,  called  by 
Dr.  Towne  Nylander  of  NLRB  as 
the  result  of  a  complaint  made  by 
L.  C.  Helm,  business  representative 
for  Studio  Utility  Employee  Work- 
ers  of  Local   724,   that  IATSE  had 

(Continued  on  Page  6) 

UMPTO  Will  Meet  July  14; 
Trade  Program  Action  Due 

Philadelphia — A  general  meeting 
of  UMPTO  members  has  been  called 
for  July  14  when,  it  is  believed,  local 
developments  relative  to  the  recent 
formation  of  a  trade  program  nego- 
tiating committee  in  New  York  will 
be   discussed. 


Meetings  of  the  distributors'  ne- 
gotiating committee  continued  yes- 
terday in  New  York. 


Odeon  in  France? 

Paris  (By  Cable) — Odeon  Circuit  ot 
Great  Britain  is  reported  here  as  seeking 
to  acquire  a  French  theater  circuit. 
Max  Schach  is  mentioned  as  acting  for 
Odeon,    in   which    UA   is   interested. 


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Kennedy  Speaks 

.  .  .  no  idle  words 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

pictures  in  Britain  is  as  much  a  tribute  to 
keen  Yankee  salesmanship  over  a  period 
of  years   as   it   is   to   Hollywood's   genius. 

Actually,  there  is  no  magic  in  the 
American    formula. 

The  principal  difference  between  the 
U.  S.  and  the  British  industries  heretofore 
has  been  simply  this:  The  former  has  made 
pictures  for  a  definite  world  audience,  the 
latter   has.... made   pictures. 


Terry  May  Increase  Color 

Shorts  to  10  for  Season 


Release  of  the  first  Terry  Toon  in 
Technicolor  that  20th-Fox  has  sched- 
uled on  its  new  shorts  program  has 
been  set  for  first  or  second  week  of 
the  new  season,  it  is  learned.  It  is 
expected  that  Terry  will  send  the 
cartoon  to  the  Hollywood  laborator- 
ies of  Technicolor  next  week.  Terry's 
agreement  with  20th-Fox  calls  for 
6  Technicolor  cartoons  among  the 
26  he  will  deliver  to  the  company, 
but  it  is  expected  that  he  may  in- 
crease this   total  to   10. 

Terry  augmented  his  staff  at  his 
New  Rochelle  studio  this  week,  and 
has  a  staff  of  60  men  working  at  the 
present  time.  The  staff  is  now  en- 
gaged on  the  second  Technicolor 
short  and  the  story  is  being  readied 
for  the  third. 

It  was  learned  at  Movietone  News 
this  week  that  work  has  been  com- 
pleted on  the  first  Lew  Lehr  short 
and  he  is  now  working  on  the  second 
of  his  Kindergarten  series.  Prepara- 
tory work  on  about  12  more  shorts 
is  also  in  different  stages.  Other 
shorts  to  be  made  include  series  fea- 
turing Lowell  Thomas,  Ed  Thorger- 
sen  and  Vyvyan  Donner.  The  Don- 
ner  fashion  shorts  will  all  be  pro- 
duced   in    Technicolor. 


SWG  Board  Is  Weighing 

Work  Conditions  Code 


West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood — Board  of  directors  of 
the  Screen  Writers  Guild  is  cur- 
rently considering  a  code  of  working 
conditions  which  was  recently  drafted 
by  a  committee  headed  by  Ralph 
Block,  it  was  learned  here  yester- 
day. 

According  to  sources  close  to  SWG, 
the  code  will  contain  no  provisions 
dealing  with  minimum  pay  or  maxi- 
mum working  hours. 


No  Merger  Move  Afoot 

SWG  Spokesmen   Declare 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  Little  credence  is 
given  here  to  the  report  that  the 
Screen  Writers  Guild  and  Screen 
Playwrights  will  merge.  Spokesmen 
for  SWG  indicated  that  they  are  not 
interested  in  taking  over  the  play- 
wrights' organization  as  a  whole,  but 
individual  members  of  the  latter 
group  will,  it  is  said,  be  allowed  to 
join  SWG  if  they  so  desire. 


Will  Seek  Standardized 

Copyright  Legislation 

Attempt  to  institute  internation- 
ally standardized  copyright  legisla- 
tion, is  the  primary  concern  of  the 
meeting  scheduled  for  2:30  P.M.  to- 
day in  the  trustees  room  of  the  Low 
Memorial  Library,  at  Columbia  Uni- 
versity, which  will  be  attended  by 
a  committee  recently  named  by  the 
Hays  office. 

Robert  W.  Perkins,  chairman,  who 
is  Warners  general  counsel  and  also 
chairman  of  the  Hays  office  law  com- 
miteee;  Gabriel  L.  Hess,  MPPDA 
general  attorney,  and  Edwin  P.  Kil- 
roe,  of  20th-Fox,  who  serves  as 
chairman  of  the  MPPDA  copyright 
committee,  will  represent  the  indus- 
try. 

The  meeting,  which  will  be  held 
under  the  auspices  of  the  American 
National  Committee  on  Interna- 
tional Intellectual  Co-operation,  will 
attract  writers,  composers,  broad- 
casters, artists,  and  members  of  af- 
filiated  crafts    and    organizations. 

The  Film  Daily  was  informed 
yesterday  by  a  member  of  the  Hays 
committee  that  it  will  seek  to  have 
a  new  bill  drafted  by  Prof.  J.  P. 
Chamberlain,  of  Columbia's  Bill 
Drafting  Bureau,  which  would  en- 
compass all  the  aims  sought  in  a 
revision  of  existing  laws. 

Suggestions  made  today  will  be 
selected  and  graded  by  a  commit- 
tee to  be  appointed  at  the  meeting, 
with  resulting  draft  of  suggestions 
expected  to  be  turned  over  to  Cham- 
berlain for  final  revision. 


Summer  Resort  Theaters 

Pix  Demand  Skyrocketing 


Survey  of  branches  of  major 
companies  in  the  summer  resort  ter- 
ritories this  week  revealed  a  heavy 
demand  for  bookings.  Numerous 
demands  have  also  been  made  by 
resort  exhibitors  for  pre-releases  of 
next  season's  product  on  majors' 
lineups.  It  is  estimated  that  the 
present  resort  demand  for  prints 
is  almost  twice  as  heavy  as  last 
year. 


Selznick  Signs  Hitchcock 

West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood  —  Alfred  Hitchcock, 
prominent  British  director,  has  been 
signed  by  David  O.  Selznick  to  direct 
latter's  forthcoming  production,  "Ti- 
tanic." Picture  will  go  into  work  the 
first  of  the  year,  it  was  announced 
here  yesterday. 

Tomorrow,  Hitchcock  is  scheduled 
to  leave  the  Coast  for  New  York,  en 
route  to  England,  and  will  return  to 
the  U.  S.  later,  in  time  to  fulfill  his 
new  arrangement  with  Selznick. 


$1.62Vi  Loew  Dividend 

Directors  of  Loew's,  Inc.,  yester- 
day declared  a  quartelTr  dividend  of 
$1.62%  on  the  $6.50  accumulative 
preferred  stock.  Dividend  is  pay- 
able Aug.  15  to  stockholders  of 
record  as  of  July  29. 


comiriG  mid  com 


FLOYD  B.  ODLUM,  president  of  Atlas  Co 
accompanied  by  his  wife,  the  former  Jacquei> 
Cochran,  returns  to  New  York  today  f . 
Europe   aboard   the   Europa. 

AL  CHRISTIE,  director,  and  MRS.  C^  ',4 
left  yesterday  by  car  for  a  trip  to  theVPist} 

MIKE    CULLEN,    manager    of    Loew's    Penn 
Pittsburgh,    is    in    town    for   conferences    at 
home  office.      RUSS   BOVIM,   manager  of  Loe' 
Ohio    in   Columbus,    is   also   at   the   home   off! 

VAN  NESS  PHILIP,  in  charge  of  RCA  Phc 
phone's  export  activities,  is  en  route  from  L 
don  to  South  Africa,  and  will  return  to  r 
York   in   September. 

A.  W.  SCHWALBERC,  supervisor  of  excharj 
for  Warners;  STANLEY  HATCH,  advertising 
cessories  sales  manager;  I.  F.  DOLID,  assi: 
to  Vitaphone  sales  manager,  Norman  H.  Mo] 
and  SAM  SHAPIN,  home  office  field  represer 
five,  left  New  York  last  night  to  attend  c< 
pany's  regional  bookers  and  ad  sales  meet  op 
ing   in   New  Orleans  on   Saturday. 

ROY     HAINES,     Eastern     and     Canadian  9 

manager   for  Warners,   left  Cincinnati   last  nr 

for    Richmond,    and    will    return    to    the  hi 
office   over   the  week-end. 

L.  W.  CONROW,  president  of  Altec,  arr  < 
in  Boston  today  from  New  York  on  an  inspi 
Hon   tour  of  the   New   England  territory. 

E.  S.  SEELEY,   transmission  specialist  of  All- 
engineering    department,    leaves    New    York 
day  for  Atlanta,  and  GEORGE  L.  CARRINGT' 
company's  vice-president  leaves  the  home  of 
on    Sunday    for    Philadelphia,    St.    Louis,    Kai 
City  and   Detroit,   and  while   in  Kansas  City 
attend   a    regional   managers'   conference. 

DAILEY    PASKMAN,    E.    B.    Marks    Music 
exec,    left    New    York   yesterday   to    attend 
opening    in    St.    Louis,    at    the    Municipal    1 
ater,   of   "The   Lost  Waltz,"   of  whose   lyrics 
is    author. 

RAY  MOON,  chief  buyer  and  booker  for 
Co-operative  circuit  in  Detroit,  is  in  New  1 
for  a   few   days. 

HYMAN  FUCHS,  music  editor  of  RKO  Pi 
News,  leaves  tomorrow  on  the  Century  fo 
months'    visit    in    Hollywood. 

HERBERT  COOPER,  sails  today  on  the 
de  France,  en  route  to  Calcutta  where 
will  serve  as  distributor  for  Alexander  Film: 
India. 

SYDNEY  TOWELL,  treasurer  of  20th-Fox, 
returned  from  Europe  and  is  not  in  Eng 
as    it    was    erroneously    reported    yesterday. 

CONSTANCE    HOPE,    president    of    the    pi 
relations  firm,   Constance   Hope  Associates,    I 
sails   from    New    York    today   for   Europe   on 
Saturnia,     accompanied     by     her     husband, 
MILTON    BERLINER. 

JOSEPH  ROSENBERG,  Chicago  attorney 
exhibitors;  EDDIE  SILVERMAN,  of  Essa 
Theaters,  and  AARON  SAPERSTEIN,  Allied  li 
er,  arrived  in  New  York  yesterday  from  1 
cago. 

JOE  FISHER,  prominent  exhibitor  of  Singap 
who    has    been    in    New   York   for   a    week, 
to    the    Coast    today. 


F.  D.  R's 

political  philosophy  anent  resources  a 
men  in  the  nation's  balance  sheet  is  r 
markably    near 

SIDNEY   KENT'S 

business    philosophy    and    creed    on    produ 
and    manpower    re:    our    industry 
Twice  part  of  S.  K's  proud  manpower —  ai  \ 
tat    from    being    unfed,    unclad    or    under 
am   nevertheless   anxious   to   connect  soonc 
possible    to    avoid    becoming    the  •  industr 

FORGOTTEN    MAN 

Would   appreciate   a    proposition    (foreign 
domestic.)       References    aplenty. 

Box  1058  THE  FILM  DAII 

1501     B'way  N.    Y.    C. 


THROW  AWAY  THOSE 
HEADACHE   PILLS! 


—here  comes  M-G-M! 


MARGARET  SULLAVAN  JAMES  STEWART 

THE  SHOPWORN  ANGEL 

with  Waller  Pulton  ■  Screen  Play  by  Waldo  Sail  •  From  a  Story  by  Dana  Burna    •   Directed  by  H.  C.  Poller   •   Produced  by  Joseph  L.  Manklewicz 

It's  sensational  box-office!    Human,  humorous,  tender,  thrilling!     Margaret  Sullavan  tops  "Three 

Comrades"  triumph  and  clinches  top  stardom!  James  Stewart  climaxes  series  of  hit  roles  with  most 

appealing  character  of  all — your  new  male  star! 

ROBERT  TAYLOR  m  THE  CROWD  ROARS 


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with  Edward  Arnold,  Frank  Morgan,  Maureen  O'Sullivan,  William  Gargan,  Lionel  Slander,  Jane  Wyman  •  Screen  Play 
by  Thomas  Lennon,  George  Bruce  and  George  Oppenheimer  •  Directed  by  Richard  Thorpe  •  Produced  by  Sam  Zimbalist 

California  Preview  a  Riot!   The  big  Summer  Show!    And  Bob  Taylor  captivates  with  another  socko  role!   Bigger,  better  than  "The  Yank/ 


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LOVE  FINDS  ANDY  HARDY 


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Screen  Play  by  William  Ludwtg 
Directed  by  George  B  Seitj 


Absolutely  the  best  of  the  beloved  Judge  Hardy  Family  Hits!    Popular  favorites  Lewis  Stone,  Mickey  Rooney,  Judy  Garland,  Cecilia  Parker, 
Fay  Holden.    The  Gang's  all  here!    A  summertime  sugar  show  for  "A"  time  pay-time!  A»%#J    JMapa    T#%    ^AmAl 


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DAILY 


Thursday,  July  7,  1938 


CLEARANCE  SOLUTION 
SOUGHT  IN  DOMINION 


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ters,  Famous  Players  Canadian  and 
Hanson   Theaters   Corp. 

Sub-committee  is  charged  with 
the  formulation  of  principles  and 
ethics,  which  will  be  presented  to 
the  Motion  Picture  Branch  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  for  adoption.  Fol- 
lowing ratification,  the  sub-commit- 
tee will  be  entrusted  with  the  prep- 
aration of  clearanece  rules,  regula- 
tions  and   schedules. 

The  authority  of  the  Conciliation 
Committee  now  extends  to  "a  con- 
sideration of  such  matters  as  prem- 
iums, games,  contests,  children's 
matinees,  length  of  program  and  all 
other  matters  pertaining  to  the 
welfare  of  the  industry  including 
principles  and  ethics  of  clearance." 


Three  Pix  Set  for  Para's 

Brit.  Production  Schedule 


(.Continued  from  Page   1) 

next  Wednesday  on  the  Normandie. 
Rose  arrived  yesterday  from  the 
Coast  for  parleys  with  Barney  Bala- 
ban  and  John  W.  Hicks,  Jr. 

Latest  picture  to  be  added  to 
Paramount's  British  roster  is  Her- 
bert Wilcox's  "A  Royal  Divorce." 
Other  two  are  "Stolen  Life,"  with 
Elisabeth  Bergner,  and  "This  Man 
is  News,"  latter  to  be  produced  at 
Pinewood. 


20th-Fox's  Australian 

Sales  Meeting  Aug.  5-6 

Sydney  (By  Cable)— The  1938-39 
Australian  sales  convention  of  20th- 
Fox  forces  in  this  region  has  been 
set  for  August  5-6  by  C.  V.  Hake, 
managing  director  of  Australia. 
Each  office  in  the  territory  will  be 
represented  by  two  men  when  the 
convention  is  called  to  order  in  this 
city. 

Nancy  Rothacker  III 

Nancy  Rothacker,  of  Rothacker 
Films  enters  LeRoy  Sanatarium  to- 
day for  a  three  weeks'  observation 
for   an   internal   disorder. 


Best  wishes   from   THE   FILM   DAILY  to 

the      following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY   7 

George   Cukor 

Jackie   Searl 

Ricardo  Cortez 

Howard   S.   Zucker 


ALONG  THE 


with  PHIL  M.  DALY 


•  •      •     IT  WAS  a  great  day  yesterday  in  the  life  of  Howard  Dietz 

who  saw  his  dream  of  The  Museum  of  Marie  Antoinette  taking 

shape    over   at    the    Astor   Theater    on    Broadway the    culmination 

of  months  of  hard  work  and  planning the  first  time  in  the  history 

of  the  film  biz  that  an  honest  t'gawd  museum  had  been  planned  to  usher 

in  a  great  production a  grand  exploitation  stunt  which  will  allow 

the  public  to  see  the  authentic  historical  antiques  costing  a  half-million 
dollars  shown  in  the  picture,  "Marie  Antoinette" 

▼  T  T 

•  •  •  SO  WHEN  Billy  Ferguson  informed  Mr.  Dietz  that 
the  precious  antiques  had  arrived  from  the  studio  by  Bekin's  Van 
after  an  eight-day  trip  without  a  scratch,  Mr.  Dietz  was  naturally 

very   happy so   he   personally   went   over  to   supervise   the 

placing  of  the  valuable  historical  pieces  in  their  proper  places  in 
the  Museum  at  the  Astor 

T  T  T 

•  •  •  IT  SEEMS  that  these  gents  who  wrangle  furniture  in  mov- 
ing vans  around  New  York  have  heard  of  Ludwig-Bauman  furniture. 
Spero's  furniture.  Macy's  furniture,  instalment  furniture  and  second- 
hand furniture but  their  education  on  such  pieces  of  furniture  as 

a  King  Louis  XVI  pedestal  clock  worth  $17,000  has  been  sadly  neglected 
under  the  union  rules,  the  expert  handlers  who  brought  the  cost- 
ly stuff  3,000  miles  without  a  scratch  couldn't  handle  it the  local 

lads  had  to  do  the  job 

T  T  ▼ 

•  •  •  SO-O. . .  .Mr.  Dietz  felt  his  heart  hit  his  shoes  as  he 
walked  in  the  Astor  Theater  and  surveyed  the  scene the  or- 
chestra chairs  had  been  boarded  over  with  a  solid  flooring  to  hold 
the  exhibits  and  the  crowd  of  sightseers and  the  moving- 
men  were  in  the  midst  of  their  act one  guy  was  walking 

across  the  floor  balancing  a  $14,000  pyramid  of  a  settee  and  four 
chairs  of  Marie  Antoinette  upholstered  in  gold  brocade  and  gold 

inlays another  gent  was  bending  over  as  his  pal  heaved  that 

$17,000  King  Louis  XVI  pedestal  clock  up  on  his  back an- 
other furniture-juggler  was  pitching  bric-a-brac  worth  $5,000  a 
throw  to  another  juggler  high  up  on  a  platform 

T  T  T 

•  •  •  RIGHT  THERE  Mr.  Dietz  let  out  one  yell all  the  mov- 
ing fellers  stood  stock  still for  five  minutes  he  talked  to  them  in  an 

impassioned  voice,  delivering  the  finest  lecture  ever  given  on  the  price- 
less value   of  these   King  Louis  XV  and  XVI  historical  antiques 

quoting  the  prices  on  every  piece,  and  giving  the  grand  total  at  $476,- 

520 then  Mr.  Dietz  rushed  to  a  phone  and  called  up  the  insurance 

dep't  of  M-G-M  to  see  if  everything  had  been  insured thank  gawd, 

it  had but  meanwhile  another  problem  had  been  raised the 

moving  men  were  so  impressed  with  Mr.  Dietz'  lecture  and  awed  by  the 
value  of  the  antiques  they  were  carrying,  that  their  legs  and  arms  wob- 
bled with   nervousness so  Mr.   Dietz   stood  for  two  terrible   hours 

of  suspense,  afraid  to  open  his  trap,  while  they  staggered  around 
nervously  with  the  priceless  objects ......  as  the  last  piece  was  safely 

put  in  place  WITHOUT  A  SCRATCH Mr.  Dietz  fainted please 

don't  phone  him. . .  .the  doctor  says  he  must  rest  for  days (Editor's 

Note:  The  Museum  will  open  to  the  public  on  July  14 so  great  are 

the  number  of  inquiries  for  complimentary  tickets,  that  the  newspapers 

are  being  asked  to  state  that  anybody  can  enter  free IF  they  are 

willing  to  stand   on  line C.  C  Moskowitz  has  secured  a  special 

detail  of  12  cops  for  the  opening 


ALLIED  STATES  ASKS 
FILMS  INVESTIGATION 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

tee    member,    disclosed    Myers    hac  j 
asked    that    the    committee    investi 
gate     the     organization,     financing 
policies  and  practices  of  the  ir-^  ft  I 
picture  industry,  and  charged '^mes  i 
ent  practices  of  the  moving  pictun  l 
trust  not  only  serve  to  drive  the  in- 
dependent   owners    out    of    businesul 
but  also  to  regulate  those  who  re ,] 
main  in  the  business." 

Myers  concluded  his  request  t< 
the  committee  by  stating  "certainl; 
the  degrees  of  regimentation  pro 
posed  by  the  motion  picture  trus  I 
on  the  theaters  and  the  effect,  botl 
actual  and  potential,  on  the  the 
atergoing  public,  are  a  challenge  ti  \ 
government   itself." 

Eichler's    office    said    that    Myers 
complaint  will  be  placed  before  th< 
committee  as  a  whole  when  it  meet  I 
today     when     a     decision     may    b  I 
reached  as  to  the  scope  of  the  in  I 
vestigation. 

Senator  Joseph  C.  O'Mahoney 
chairman  of  the  committee,  is  al 
ready  on  record  as  opposed  to  an;  j 
attempt  to  transform  the  investiga  i 
tion  into  a  "witch  hunt".  There  ar<  \ 
strong  reasons  for  believing  tha  I 
the  committee  will  delay  action  in  I 
sofar  as  films  are  concerned  pend  1 
ing  result  of  the  present  distribu  I 
tor  effort  to  evolve  a  satisfactor;  I 
trade  practice  program. 


Set  Spanish  Pix  Premiere 

The  Film  Division  of  the  Theate  j 
Arts  Committee  will  sponsor  tin  I 
world  premiere  of  "Return  to  Life,' 
the  most  recent  film  production  ti 
be  made  in  Spain,  in  the  Gram 
Ballroom  of  the  Waldorf-Astoria  01 
July  20,  at  9  p.m.  The  picture, 
Frontier  Films  Production,  was  di 
rected  by  Henri  Cartier,  in  collab 
oration  with  Herbert  Kline.  Musi 
is  by  Charles  Koecklin  and  narra 
tive  and  commentary  are  carried  b; 
Richard  Blaine  and  David  Wolff 
The  film  was  produced  with  the  co 
operation  of  the  Medical  Bureau  an< 
the  North  American  Committee  t< 
aid    Spanish    Democracy. 


IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Sunday,  July  7 
1918: 

EDITORIAL:  Get  it  out  of  your  head  tha 
you  can't  charge  more  money.  There  is 
much  difference  between  films  as  presented  to- 
day and  "movies"  as  presented  in  the  years  gont 
by,  as  there  is  between  a  $2  Broadway  attrac- 
tion and  a  10-20-30  rep.  show. 

REVIEW  of  Ince  Paramount's  "The  Claw 
of  the  Hun,"  starring  Charles  Ray:,  Speedy 
Punchy  spy  meller  with  great  part  for  star 
play  up   Ray  and  enlistment  idea. 

REVIEW  of  Screen-Classics-Metro's  "To  Hel 
With  the  Kaiser,"  with  Lawrence  Crant  an 
Olive  Tell:  Punchy  propaganda  with  romanci 
and  entertainment  value.  Good  for  advance! 
prices  and  extended  run. 

Yes,  20   Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures 


* 


U**    FIRST  daily    motion 


picture  trade  paper. 

The  OLDEST  daily  motion 
picture  trade  paper. 

X*!®  ONL  Ydaily  motion  picture 
trade  paper  devoted  Exclusively 
to  motion  pictures  and  motion 
picture  people— 

THE 


DAILY 


Now  celebrating  its 
20th  Anniversary  with  a 

STUPENDOUS-COLOSSAL- 
GIGANTIC  FOUR  STAR 

special  edition. 

OUT  THIS  MONTH 


DAILY 


Thursday,  July  7,  1938 


CHI.  INDIES  COUNSEL 
HERE  FOR  SUIT  TALKS 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

leged  violations  of  clearance  rulings. 
Rosenberg  arrived  in  New  York 
yesterday  and  was  accompanied  by 
Edward  Silverman,  of  Essaness  cir- 
cuit, and  Aaron  Saperstein,  Allied 
leader. 

The  reported  suits  are  said  to  be 
based  on  three  counts.  One  is  under- 
stood to  be  against  a  leading  Chi- 
cago circuit  for  alleged  violation  of 
the  Federal  Court  consent  decree 
issued  in  1932.  In  another,  it  is 
proposed  to  charge  violation  of  anti- 
trust laws  and  a  third,  it  is  said, 
will  seek  the  return  of  film  rentals 
paid  during  the  last  year  because 
of  alleged  failure  to  deliver  pictures 
as  agreed  upon  under  the  clearance 
system  in  operation  in  the  Chicago 
territory. 

According  to  reports  last  night, 
the  independents  are  willing  to  drop 
the  planned  suits  if  the  circuit  in 
question  will  halt  double  feature 
policies  in  its  theaters.  It  is  under- 
stood that  this  subject  will  be  dis- 
cussed by  the  Chicago  trio  with 
execs,  here. 

Appeals  to  major  company  heads 
for  a  remedy  for  the  Chicago  sit- 
uation were  said  to  have  been 
ignored,  with  the  exception  of  one 
reply  from  Columbia. 

Rosenberg,  Silverman  and  Saper- 
stein will  be  in  New  York  for  sever- 
al days  in  connection  with  the 
threatened  litigation. 

NLRB  Acts  to  Terminate 
IATSE-SUEW  Studio  Feud 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

served  notice  on  utility  workers 
employed  at  Republic's  studios  that 
they  must  join  IATSE,  Harland 
Holmden,  international  vice-presi- 
dent of  IATSE,  who  attended  the 
conclave  together  with  Harold 
Smith,  business  agent  of  the  or- 
ganization, told  Nylander  that  it 
was  all  a  mistake  and,  to  the  best 
of  their  knowledge,  no  such  notice 
had  been  served. 

Holmden  explained  that  what  had 
caused  the  misunderstanding  wat> 
that  there  were  some  eight  em- 
ployes at  the  Republic  studio  whose 
work  was  "overlapping"  into  the 
field  of  IATSE,  and  that  the  lat- 
ter naturally  wanted  these  men  to 
join  that  body  to  put  them  into  the 
proper  classification. 

Dr.  Nylander  told  the  two  war- 
ring factions,  both  of  which  are 
AP  of  L  affiliates,  that  they  must 
adjust  their  differences  with  AF  of 
L  and  then  report  back  to  him  by 
July  16.  Both  sides  agreed  to  get 
together  and  work  out  their  difficul- 
ties. 


All-Industry  Outing 

ITOA  is  sponsoring  an  all-indus- 
try outing  to  Indian  Point  on  July 
26.  Steamer  Alexander  Hamilton 
has  been  chartered  for  the  event. 
Exhibs.  have  challenged  the  Motion 
Picture  Associates  to  a  ball  game 
as  one  of  the  activities  for  the  day. 


reviews  of  hew  nuns 


"We're  Going  to  be 
Rich" 

with    Gracie    Fields,    Victor    McLaglen 

20th    Century- Fox  78    mins. 

BOISTEROUS  AND  ROLLICKING  FILM 
OF  AFRICAN  GOLD  MINING  DAYS  IS  A 
GRAND   NOVELTY. 

Something  in  the  way  of  a  novelty  for 
American  audiences  in  this  British-made 
production,  which  introduces  the  gold-rush 
days  of  the  early  eighties  in  South  Africa. 
The  brawling,  fighting  atmosphere  is  grandly 
achieved  and  the  picture  is  filled  with  life 
and  color  and  excitement.  Gracie  Fields, 
the  famous  English  comedienne,  appears  in 
her  role  of  a  music  hall  entertainer,  only 
of  an  earlier  period.  Those  familiar  with 
the  comedy  work  of  the  famous  Gracie  may 
be  disappointed  in  that  her  efforts  are 
confined  to  singing  several  songs.  The 
comedy  material  had  to  be  avoided  for 
American  audiences  who  would  never  be 
able  to  get  her  Lancashire  dialect.  But 
she  is  fine  in  her  songs,  and  puts  them  over 
with  spirit  and  a  flair  all  her  own.  Victor 
McLaglen  steals  the  show  as  her  good-for- 
nothing  husband  who  is  always  on  the 
verge  of  making  a  million  with  some  new 
scheme,  but  only  succeeds  in  squandering 
her  hard  earned  dough.  They  come  from 
the  Australian  music  halls  to  Cape  Town, 
in  South  Africa,  McLaglen  having  invested 
their  savings  in  buying  a  half  interest  in 
a  gold  mining  company.  He  has  been  de- 
frauded again.  Soon  thereafter  he  gets 
in  one  of  his  usual  brawls,  and  gets  jugged 
for  six  weeks.  Meanwhile  Gracie  gets  a 
job  singing  in  Brian  Donlevy's  dance  hall 
and  gambling  joint.  Donlevy  falls  for  her, 
and  when  McLaglen  gets  out  of  jail  he 
makes  some  sarcastic  remarks  to  Gracie, 
and  she  gives  him  the  gate.  McLaglen  is 
matched  to  fight  a  well  known  pugilist,  and 
takes  an  awful  beating.  At  the  climax,  a 
gold  rush  breaks  loose.  Gracie  and  Mc- 
Laglen decide  to  try  their  luck  once  more 
together,  and  are  off  with  the  gold-mad 
mob.  Here  is  a  lively,  colorful  picture  of 
life  in  the  raw,  chock  full  of  excitement 
and  grand  comedy.  McLaglen  never  did 
anything  better.  He  is  immense.  The 
audiences  will  like  Gracie  Fields.  Brian 
Donlevy    is    perfectly   cast    as    the    gambler. 

CAST:  Gracie  Fields,  Victor  McLaglen, 
Brian  Donlevy,  Corla  Browne,  Ted  Smith, 
Gus  McNaughton,  Charles  Carson,  Syd 
Crossley,  Hal  Gordon,  Robert  Nainby, 
Charles  Harrison,  Tom  Payne,  Don  Mc- 
Corkindale,   Joe    Mott,   Alex    Davies. 

CREDITS:  Producer,  Samuel  Engel;  Di- 
rector, Monty  Banks;  Author,  James  Ed- 
ward Grant;  Screenplay,  Sam  Hellman, 
Rohama  Siegel;  Editor,  James  Clarke;  Cam- 
eraman,   Mutz    Greenbaum. 

DIRECTION,  Very  Good.  PHOTOGRA- 
PHY, Fine. 


Chaplin  May  Turn  Exhib. 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  Charlie  Chaplin, 
whose  production  plans  seem  to  be 
stymied  at  the  moment,  is  now  re- 
ported eyeing  the  exhib.  field.  Said 
to  be  interested  in  establishing  a 
newsreel  theater  here,  with  nego- 
tiations for  a  site  in  progress. 


"Six  Shootin'  Sheriff" 

with   Ken   Maynard,   Marjorie  Reynolds,   Bob 

Terry 
Grand    National  59   mins. 

WESTERN  HAS  ALL  THE  NECESSARY 
ELEMENTS  TO  PLEASE  THE  HORSE 
OPERA   FANS. 

Plenty  of  action  and  fine  scenery  offset 
a  formula  story  in  this  new  Grand  National 
release.  The  dyed-in-the-wool  horse  opera 
fans  and  Ken  Maynard's  following  will  be 
pleased  with  the  picture,  as  Ken  Maynard 
rides  his  beautiful  palomino,  Tarzan,  in 
dashing  fashion,  but  he  is  getting  a  bit 
paunchy  about  the  waistline.  Marjorie 
Reynolds  is  attractive  as  the  feminine  in- 
terest and  Bob  Terry  is  O.K.  as  Maynard's 
brother,  and  you  guessed  it,  he's  one  of 
the  rustlers.  The  usual  assortment  of  gun 
throwers  and  unshaven  bad  men  complete 
the  cast  with  true  western  atmosphere. 
Maynard,  a  member  of  a  rustling  gang,  ac- 
cidentally gets  appointed  as  sheriff.  He 
warns  the  gang  to  stay  away  as  he  will 
clean  them  up.  However,  the  bandits 
show  up,  rob  the  post  office  safe  and  flee. 
Maynard  retrieves  the  pay  roll  and  chases 
the  gang,  and  Marjorie  obligingly  frees  his 
brother  so  that  Ken  won't  have  that  prob- 
lem  to   face.      Heigh   Ho. 

CAST:  Ken  Maynard,  Marjorie  Reynolds, 
Jack  Keckley,  Bob  Terry,  Harry  Harvey, 
Walter  Long,  Tom  London,  Warner  Rich- 
mond,  Earl   Dwire,   Ben   Corbett,  Tarzan. 

CREDITS:  Produced  by  Max  and  Arthur 
Alexander;  Director,  Harry  Fraser,  Original 
Screenplay,  Weston   Edwards. 

DIRECTION,  0.  K.  PHOTOGRAPHY, 
Fair. 


New  Orleans  Will  Have 
New  Amusement  Tax  Act 


New  Orleans — Under  renewal  of 
enabling  power  granted  it  for  two 
more  years  by  the  Louisiana  legisla 
ture,  the  New  Orleans  Commission 
Council  yesterday  had  introduced  a 
new  amusement  tax  ordinance.  The 
ordinance  was  introduced  by  title 
only,  which  means  that  it  has  not 
yet  been  completely  drafted.  It  is 
reported  to  contain  several  changes. 


UFA  Films  to  Distribute 

40  Features,  40  Shorts 

UFA  Films,  Inc.,  will  release  40 
features  and  as  many  shorts  in  the 
U.  S.,  during  the  1938-39  season,  it 
was  said  yesterday  by  George  Nitze, 
president-treasurer.  Ten  of  the  fea- 
tures have  already  been  imported 
and  are  being  readied  for  distri- 
bution. 


Fine  Art  Starting  First 

West   Coast   Bureau   of   THE  FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood — Fine  Art  Pictures  will 
put  the  first  of  its  productions  now 
titled  "Shadows  Over  Shanghai" 
into  shooting:  about  July  15  at 
Grand  National  Studios.  Charles 
Lamont  will  direct.  Joe  Hoffman 
is  now  working  on  the  screenplay. 
Picture  is  for  Grand  National  re- 
lease. 


Lime  f Rom  lots 


By  RALPH  WILK 


HOLLYWOOl 
Polo  to  Aid  Relief  Fund 

TJNDER  the  auspices  of  the  Mo 
tion  Picture  Relief  Fund,  a  pok 
match  will  be  staged  at  the  Up- 
lifters   on   Sunday,   July   17.      4P  , 

Walter  Wanger  and  Frank  *  m£t- 
zage  are  in  charge  of  the  game 
teams  for  which  will  be  composec 
of  film  stars  and  other  well-knowi 
industry  figures.  Joan  Crawford  ii 
in  charge  of  the  program,  and  Mrs 
Raymond  Griffith  is  handling  th< 
sale  of  tickets. 

A  barbecue  will  follow  the  pol< 
match. 

T  T  T 

Mrs.  Dick  Weiss  on  Visit 

Mrs.  Dick  Weiss,  comptroller  fo  I 
the  firm  of  Felix  Lillienthal  &  Co 
prominent  New  York  resident  buy 
ers,  arrived  at  Hollywood  this  weel 
for  a  three  weeks'  visit  to  the  fib 
center.  She  is  the  aunt  of  Helei 
Schulman,  former  secretary  to  Da 
vid  O.  Selznick,  the  wife  of  Rini , 
Lardner,  Jr. 

T  T  » 

Keighley  for  Broadway? 

William  Keighley,  under  long  tern 
contract  to  Warner  Bros.,  is  anglin; 
with  Hal  B.  Wallis,  production  chiei 
for  a  leave  of  absence,  in  order  t 
go  east  to  stage  a  new  play  o: 
Broadway  this  season.  Followinj 
the  completion  of  his  current  as 
signment,  "Brother  Rat,"  on  th! 
Warner  lot,  Keighley  intends  to  di 
rect  the  Broadway  production  o 
"Soliloquy,"  a  new  play  by  Victo 
Victor.  He  hopes  also  to  indue 
Warners  to  purchase  the  scree: 
rights,  planning  to  return  to  Holly 
wood  and  direct  the  film  version  o  \ 
"Soliloquy"  some  time  next  wintei 


Chi.  Duals-Singles  Test 

Chicago — The  Jackson  Park  the 
ater,  under  W.  C.  Bloom  manage 
ment,  is  alternating  duals  an 
singles  on  a  daily  basis.  The  typ 
of  show  that  proves  the  most  popu 
lar  will  become  the  regular  policj 


WEDDING  BELLS 


Leonard  Palumbo  of  the  Warner' 
home  office  foreign  publicity  depart 
ment  will  be  married  Sunday,  Jul; 
10,  to  Miss  Terry  Boscia  at  th 
Church  of  the  Assumption,  Brons 
New  York.  Palumbo  and  his  brid 
will  leave  Monday  on  a  motor  tou 
through  Canada.  They  will  be  gon 
about  two  weeks. 


Indianapolis,  Ind. — Arthur  True 
National  Theater  Supply  Co.,  wi) 
marry  Beulah  Cox  Aug.  20. 

New  Haven  —  Harry  Schant; 
RKO  booker  at  the  New  Haven  e> 
change,  will  marry  Sylvia  Silver  c 
New  York,  while  on  vacation  i 
August. 


wrsday,  July  7,  1938 


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DAILY 


ITH-FOX  SALES  10% 
HEAD,  SAYS  WOBBER 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

,  distribution  head  of  the  com- 
iy  told  The  Film  Daily  yester- 

bWobber    returned    over    last 
end  from  a  flying  trip  to  Hol- 
d  and  San  Francisco, 
'ommenting    on    the    budget    in- 

ases  for  next  season's  product, 
bber  said,  the  sales  volume  fully 
•ranted  them. 

Vobber  revealed  that  there  are 
companies  now  working  at  the 
dio  and  with  the  start  of  the  new 
son  20th-Fox  will  have  the  larg- 
number  of  pictures  ready  for  re- 
se  in  its  history,  assuring  a 
idy  flow  of  product  to  meet  every 
;ase  date.  Some  20  pictures  will 
cut,  in  work,  or  in  the  final  proc- 

•ss  of  editing  at  that  time,  it  was 
med. 

;Vith  selling  for  the  new   season 

-Jer  full  headway,  Wobber  and 
division  leaders  have  carefully 
lyzed  the  past  and  present  per- 
nances  of  the  sales  forces,  and 
e  made  a  survey  of  future  pros- 
ts  to  enable  them  to  set  selling 
tas  for  the  new  season.     Latter 

'    be  completed  this  week. 
Jobber  stated  that  after  looking 

.  'Suez",  which  is  now  in  work  at 

:   studio,  he   believes   that  it  will 

■    "In    Old   Chicago". 

l,fe  expects  to  remain  in  New 
•k  until  the  start  of  Jim  O'Logh- 

.s  second  trip  of  the  Kent  drive, 

-which  time  he  will  accompany  the 

|>e  leader  on  a  tour  of  the  whole 

;ntry. 

vSelznick  Deal  Pends; 
Expect  Pact  Signing  Soon 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

i  authoritative  reports  of  re- 
,'ed  activity  on  the  part  of 
ted  Artists  and  Selznick  Inter- 
onal  negotiations.  The  SI  board 
irman  left  on  a  United  Airlines 
le. 

/hitney's  trip  coincides  with  the 
pletion  of  work  on  "The  Young 
Heart,"  which  leaves  Selznick 
!  to  devote  his  time  to  the  com- 
y's  future  plans.  It  was  also 
ned  that  Maurice  Silverstone, 
's  top  exec,  plans  to  leave  for 
Coast  shortly  after  he  arrives 
3  next  Monday  from  England, 
'.elznick  has  one  more  picture  to 
se  under  his  present  contract, 
a  recent  unofficial  announcement 
ealed  that  he  might  make  two 
itional  pictures  for   1938-39   UA 


Midnight  Softball 

S  Fort  Worth— Staffs  of  the  Worth  and 
Hollywood  Theaters  have  formed  a  two- 
earn  Softball  league.  Games  are  played 
<t  the  local  ballpark  at  midnight,  and 
admittance  is  by  invitation  only.  Both 
'rank  Weatherford,  manager  of  the 
Vorth,  and  Marsline  Moore,  manager  of 
'he  Hollywood  are  members  of  the  re- 
pective  teams. 


Even  the  Hindus  Have  Words  for  *Etn 

Take  it  from  Joe  Fisher,  head  of  the  Amalgamated  Theaters,  Ltd.,  in  the  Malay 
States,  now  visiting  the  U.  S.,  the  Singapore  pix  publicist  has  a  problem  on  his  hands 
when  he  exploits  a  feature,  because  his  advertising  copy  must  include  several  languages 
and  dialects,  including  English,  Malayan,  Chinese,  Hindustani  and  Tamir.  It  is  im- 
possible to  give  literal  translations  of  many  English  phrases  in  other  dialects,  with  the 
exception  of  the  words:  "Colossal,  gigantic  and  stupendous."  There  are  words  in  all 
far  Eastern  languages  and  dialects  to  cover  those  words,  Fisher  said,  and  they  are 
used   frequently. 


Christie  to  Make  Features 
as  Well  as  Shorts  in  East 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

past  five  years,  announced  that  his 
plans  for  the  future  include  not 
only  a  resumption  of  short  subjects 
to  be  produced  in  the  East  but  also 
feature  production.  Christie  stated 
that  he  is  convinced  that  the  East- 
ern Service  studios  are  the  equal 
of  any  on  the  Coast  and  that  fea- 
ture production  can  be  made  not 
only  as  well  here  but  also  on  a 
cheaper  budget. 


"Marie  Antoinette"  Opening 
Will  be  Broadcast  by  NBC 

West   Coast   Bureau   of    THE   FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood  —  Metro's  "Marie  An- 
toinette", starring  Norma  Shearer, 
will  have  its  premiere  at  the  Car- 
thay  Circle  tomorrow.  NBC-Blue 
Network  will  air  the  opening  at 
midnight,  EDST.  Among  those  ex- 
pected to  participate  in  the  broad- 
cast are  Will  Hays,  Gov.  Frank 
Merriam,  Prexy  Rugus  Von  Kleins- 
mid  of  the  USC,  Norma  Shearer, 
Tyrone  Power,  John  Barrymore, 
Anita  Louise,  and  Joseph  Schild- 
kraut. 

Louis  B.  Mayer,  vice-president  of 
M-G-M,  will  speak  from  the  the- 
ater, as  will  W.  S.  Van  Dyke,  Hunt 
Stromberg,  Herbert  Stothart  and 
Adrian. 

Others  who  will  take  part  in  the 
broadcast  are  Freddie  Bartholomew, 
Robert  Young,  Pete  Smith  and 
James  Stewart,  representing  the 
M-G-M  studios,  who  will  emcee. 

Hedda  Hopper,  NBC  commenta- 
tor and  fashion  expert,  will  give  the 
feminine  audience  a  picture  of  Hol- 
lywood styles  as  seen  during  the 
parade   to   the  foyer. 


Photophone  Export  Head 

Visits  Foreign  Contacts 

Van  Ness  Philip,  in  charge  of 
RCA  Photophone's  export  activities, 
is  on  an  extended  tour  of  the  Com- 
pany's licensees  and  distributors  in 
Europe  and  South  Africa.  After 
visiting  Photophone's  London  head- 
quarters, he  inspected  Italy's  new 
Cinema  City,  at  Rome.  Following 
a  stay  in  Paris,  he  sailed  from  Lon- 
don for  South  Africa  on  July  1.  He 
will  return  to  this  country  some 
time  in   September. 


No  Vaude  for  Palace 

Reports  that  restoration  of  vaude- 
ville at  the  New  York  Palace  was  in 
prospect  were  termed  groundless  by 
RKO   yesterday. 


Malay  States  Exhibs.  Keep 
Pix  Programs  to  10,200  Ft. 

Double  features,  theater  games 
and  other  business  stimulators  are 
unknown  in  the  Malay  States,  ac- 
cording to  Joe  Fisher,  leading  the- 
ater operator  of  Singapore  and  head 
of  Amalgamated  Theaters,  Ltd.,  who 
has  been  in  New  York  for  the  last 
week.  Fisher  leaves  today  for  the 
Coast. 

Business  in  the  Malays  has  been 
very  good,  with  the  war  in  China 
having  little  effect  on  grosses, 
Fisher  said.  Chinese  patronage,  he 
added,  has  fallen  off  slightly  as  the 
Chinese  are  sending  considerable 
money  to  their  native  land  for  hos- 
pitals, food  and  medical  supplies. 

All  exhibitors  in  the  territory 
have  an  agreement  to  limit  their 
programs  to  an  average  of  10,200 
feet,  a  pact  which  is  adhered  to 
solidly.  Such  an  arrangement, 
Fisher  said,  prohibits  dual  programs. 

Fisher  asserted  that  he  found  the 
public  tastes  in  the  U.  S.  practically 
the  same  as  those  in  the  Malay 
States.  All  classes  like  the  William 
Powell-Myrna  Loy  pictures,  while 
Dorothy  Lamour  and  Deanna  Dur- 
bin   are  popular  favorites. 

There  are  no  producing  companies 
in  the  Malays,  although  one  is  just 
starting  for  the  production  of  shorts 
for  the  various  governments.  This 
company  is  headed  by  Len  Roos, 
formerly  a   Hollywood  cameraman. 

Fisher  flew  from  Singapore  to 
London  as  the  guest  of  Imperial 
Railways,  covering  the  8,570  miles 
in  five  days.  He  explained  that  the 
commercial  planes  in  the  Far  East 
do  not  fly  at  night  but  when  night 
flying  is  inaugurated  it  will  be  pos- 
sible to  make  the  trip  in  three  days. 

This  is  his  first  trip  to  the  U.  S. 
in   seven   years. 


Allied  Names  Committee 

to  Probe  Non-Pix  Games 

Asbury  Park,  N.  J. — A  commit- 
tee to  investigate  the  problem  of 
games  by  non-theatrical  groups  was 
appointed  yesterday  by  members  of 
Allied  Theater  Owners  of  New  Jer- 
sey in  meeting  here.  With  cash 
prizes  and  giveaways  being  offered 
in  stores  and  churches,  exhibs.  are 
finding  a  disturbing  form  of  compe- 
tition in  the  field,  they  said  yester- 
day. 

Morris  Goodman  Sails 

Morris  Goodman,  vice-president 
in  charge  of  Republic's  foreign  de- 
partment, sailed  yesterday  on  the 
Queen  Mary  for  a  six-week  stay  in 
London  and  the  Continent.  He  is 
taking  with  him  a  print  of  Repub- 
lic's new  picture,  "Army  Girl." 


ABP  VS.  OSTRER  SUIT 
DEFERRED  TO  OCT.  18 


London  (By  Cable) — Illness  of  an 
important  witness  yesterday  re- 
sulted in  a  postponement  of  the 
fraud  action  brought  by  Associated 
British  Pictures  against  Mark  and 
Isidore  Ostrer  until  Oct.  18.  Ap- 
plication by  the  plaintiff  for  the  de- 
ferment was  unsuccessfully  opposed 
by  the  Ostrers. 

Associated  British  is  demanding 
$3,000,000  for  claimed  misrepresen- 
tation in  connection  with  the  ABP- 
GB  deal.  John  Maxwell  contends 
that  the  Ostrers  misrepresented 
profits  in  negotiating  the  sale  of 
stock;  this  charge  is  vigorously 
denied  by  the  Ostrers. 

Counsel  for  GB  said  they  were 
unwilling  to  produce  accounts  and 
allow  Maxwell  to  have  a  roving 
commission  to  go  through  them  un- 
less ordered  by  the  Court. 


Hummel,  Back  From  Abroad, 
Says  Pix  Biz  Prospering 

On  his  return  to  New  York  last 
evening  aboard  the  He  de  France 
from  a  world  tour,  J.  S.  Hummel, 
WB  assistant  foreign  manager,  de- 
clared that  the  film  business  is  gen- 
erally good  in  the  spots  he  visited, 
which  included  Australia,  New  Zea- 
land, India,  Java,  Malay  States, 
China,  Philippines,  Egypt,  Italy  and 
France. 

Despite  the  current  hostilities  in 
China,  he  said  that  film  houses  are 
enjoying  a  boom  both  in  Shanghai 
and  Hong  Kong. 

Grainger  Closes  Product 

Deal  With  Butterfield 


James  R.  Grainger,  president  of 
Republic,  is  back  from  Detroit  where 
he  closed  a  deal  with  the  Butter- 
field  circuit  of  102  theaters  for  the 
company's  complete  lineup  of  fea- 
tures, serials  and  westerns.  Sam 
Seplowin,  Republic  franchise  hold- 
er in  Detroit,  sat  in  on  the  con- 
ferences which  were  held  with  E. 
C.  Beatty,  president  of  the  Butter- 
field  circuit. 


20th-Fox  Rome  Meet  On 

Rome  (By  Cable) — Annual  sales 
convention  of  20th-Fox  forces  in 
this  country  started  yesterday,  and 
will  close  Friday.  Ben  Miggins,  con- 
tinental European  manager  for  the 
company  is  in  Rome  for  the  meet- 
ing. Bruno  Fux,  managing  direc- 
tor of  Italy,  is  presiding. 


Rain  Helps  Drive-In 

Miami,  Fla.  —  The  only  effect  bad 
weather  has  on  attendance  at  the  Miami 
Drive-In  theater  is  to  increase  it.  Be- 
cause cars  may  drive  right  in  without 
subjecting  the  occupants  to  the  an- 
noyance of  parking  in  the  rain  and  then 
walking  to  the  theater,  a  rainy  night 
is  sure  to  find  the  graduated  ramp 
filled  with  cars. 


We  Agitated  For  It . . 


A  Letter  to  Mr.  Kent 

Philadelphia,  Penna. 
March  25,  1938 

Mr.  Sidney  R.  Kent, 

20th  Century-Fox  Film   Corporation, 

444  West  56th  Street, 

New  York  City. 

Dear  Mr.  Kent: 

It  has  been  with  great  interest  that 
I  have  read  your  statement  regarding 
the  Neely  bill.  Since  it  was  issued,  a 
memorandum  from  the  MPPDA  re- 
garding producer  opposition  to  the 
measure  has  also  been  received  along 
with  a  bulletin  from  Allied  States 
Association  and  a  statement  from  the 
MPTOA. 

All  of  these  have  been  most  inter- 
esting, but  I  feel  that  yours  is  deserv- 
ing of  most  attention  because  as  an 
individual  you  have  been  constructive 
on  many  occasions. 

Frankly,  I  believe  that  you  hit  the 
most  important  problem  in  your  open- 
ing paragraph  when  you  say: 

"Setting  aside  for  a  moment  the  question 
of  exhibitor  grievances  that  may  be  legi- 
timate," etc. 

Between  you  and  me,  Mr.  Kent,  if 
there  had  been  less  setting  aside  and 
more  action,  the  Neely  bill  would 
never  have  gotten  as  far  as  it  did. 


20th  Century -Fox,  under  your 
direction,  has  been  fair.  You  earned  a 
great  deal  of  good  will  from  exhibitors 
when  you  announced  that  "In  Old 
Chicago"  would  be  delivered  on  the 
regular  program  despite  its  being  road- 
showed.  This  has  been  contrary  to  the 
practice  of  some  companies.  Exhibi- 
tors appreciate  it.  But  they  also  know 
that  your  company  has  been  guilty  of 
practices  found  objectionable  by  the- 
atremen;  changing  of  allocations  after 
designation;   selling   by   numbers  with 


the  exhibitor  having  no  means  by 
which  he  knows,  when  buying,  what 
he  is  getting  or  how  much  it  will  cost; 
a  varying  selling  policy  by  which  one 
exhibitor  can  do  certain  things  such  asj 
twin  billing,  and  another  can  not. 

Exhibitors  have  a  high  regard  for' 
you,  Mr.  Kent.  They  had  confidence 
in  you  during  the  2-2-2  conferences 
and  the  5-5-5  meetings.  I  sat  in  with 
you  at  the  time  the  standard  exhibition 
contract  was  drafted  and  it  was  defi- 
nite that  you  were  sincere  in  your  de- 
sire to  work  out  industry  problems. 

But  the  motion  picture  business  isn't 
a  one-man  or  one-company  business. 
To  effect  self-regulation  we  realize 
that  all  companies  must  co-operate. 
We  know  that  the  coast,  with  its 
widespread  extravagance  and  failure 
to  recognize  the  fact  that  economies 
must  be  enforced,  must  also  co-oper- 
ate. We  understand  that  exhibitors 
must  co-operate. 


If,  instead  of  sending  out  memor- 
andums and  making  statements,  the 
producers  had  said:  "Boys,  this  looks 
serious.  Let's  trade  any  friendship  for 
the  Neely  bill  for  a  real  attempt  at 
self -regulation",  the  result  would  have 
been    sensational. 

Why  not  try  it,  Mr.  Kent.  You 
can  do  it.  It  isn't  too  late  for  that, 
and,  between  you  and  me,  if  the  pro- 
ducers and  distributors  don't  really 
offer  the  exhibitors  a  helping  hand  in- 
stead of  thousands  of  words  that  never 
will  be  read,  this  business  is  going 
to  go  through  a  period  of  federal 
investigations,  department  of  justice 
questioning,  etc.,  with  loss  of  time 
and  money  and  the  accompanying  ill 
effect  on  production  and  the  nature 
of  the  individuals  in  the  industry  in 


general. 


Sincerely, 


Jay  Emanuel 


A  constructive  Trade  Journal  is 
close  to  its  Readers  and  knows 
and  respects  their  problems- 


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from   an  Editorial   appearing  in  all 

JAY  EMANUEL  PUBLICATIONS: 

TH  £  NEW  YORK  STATE  EXHIBITOR  of  Mar.  25 
THE  PHILADELPHIA  EXHIBITOR  of  April  1 
THE    NATIONAL    EXHIBITOR  of  April  5   , 


From  the  NEW  YORK  TIMES 
under  date  of  June   29,  1938 


FILM  HEADS  SEEK 
TO  AID  EXHIBITORS 

Leaders  Will  Meet  to  Discuss 

Block-Booking   and   Other 

Distribution  Problems 


SIDNEY  R.  KENT  CHAIRMAN 


Producers'    Committee    Plans^- 
Parley  in  Near  Future  With 
Theatre  Operators 


Establishment  of  a  committee  of 
k  motion-picture  executives  to  dis- 
cuss block-booking  and  other  dis- 
tribution problems  with  organized 
id  independent  theatre  exhibitor* 
fas  announced  yesterday  by  Sid- 
ley  R.  Kent,  president  of  Twen- 
tieth Century-Fox  Film  Corpora- 
tion, who  has  agreed  to  act  as 
chairman  of  the  producers'  com- 
mittee. 


Thank  you,  Mr.  Kent,  / 

for  taking  up  the  burden. 


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The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now   Twentv   Years  Old 


74,  NO.  6 


NEW  YORK,  FRIDAY,  JULY  8,  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


oo  Early  to  Discuss  RKO  Personnel  Changes — Odium 

iLLIEDSTROBE  demand  no  bar  to  conciliation 

xchanges  to  Fight  Louisiana  Sales  Tax  on  Rentals 


ra.  Supreme  Court  Decision 
Expected    To    Be 
Cited 

New  Orleans  —  Indications  that 
Tie  exchanges  would  fight  applica- 
n  of  the  Louisiana  general  sales 
<  to  film  rentals  was  seen  here 
sterday  as  it  was  reliably  lear-ned 
it  some  exchanges  were  confer- 
ig  with  attorneys  on  the  subject, 
ght,  if  made,  will  center  around 
:erstate  commerce  angles  and  cite 
uisiana  supreme  court  decision  on 
ns   made   years    ago    when    Para- 

(Contintted  on   Page   3) 


JRVEY  SHOWS  FILMS 
SCAPING  CENSORSHIP 


Comparative    freedom    from    cen- 

rship  was  enjoyed  in  the  past  year 

films,  the  radio  and  the  theater 

the    U.    S.,    the    American    Civil 

berties   Union   reports   in    its    an- 

.al   survey   of  the    status   of   civil 

nerties  just  published  in  the  form 

a     96-page     pamphlet     entitled 

eternal    Vigilance!"    The    Union's 

(Continued  on   Page  8) 


luckman  Signatures  New 
Five-Year  Rep.  Franchise 

Herman  Gluckman,  president  of 
epublic  Film  Exchange  of  New 
brk  and  Republic  Pictures  Corp.  of 
mnsylvania,  yesterday  signed  a 
rw  five-year  franchise  with  Repub- 

(Continued  on  Page  6) 


Aside  From  That— 

Lincoln,  Neb. — Ina  Ray  Hutton,  girl 
ork  leader  and  screenplayer,  spent  a 
miserable  July  4th  here.  She  lost  $500 
worth  of  jewelry,  her  bus  ran  out  of  gas 
and  her  girl  band  had  to  hitchhike  three 
t  miles  to  a  job,  a  bug  got  down  the 
front  of  her  dress  when  she  was  on 
the  orchestra  stand,  and  celebrating  at 
intermission  time  a  firecracker  went  off 
in  her  hand  blowing  off  the  nails  of 
her  thumb  and  index  finger  on  her 
right    hand. 


B  &  K  Profit  for  First  6  Months,  "Fair" 

Chicago — In  spite  of  the  general  business  conditions,  Balaban  &  Katz  shows  a 
"fair   profit"   for  the   first  six   months  of   the  year,   it  was   learned   yesterday. 

B  &  K  directors  have  not  discussed  the  retirement  of  preferred  stock  this  year, 
it  was  also  ascertained. 


LA.  SOLONS  ADJOURN; 
FILMS  MEASURES  DIE 


Baton  Rouge,  La.  —  Louisiana's 
legislature  adjourned  here  yester- 
day without  passing  any  of  the  spe- 
cial measures  before  it  which  were 
directed  exclusively  at  the  theatri- 
cal end  of  the  film  industry. 

The  legislature  did  pass  the  gen- 
eral sales  tax  which  is  expected  to 
apply  to  film  rentals  and  possibly 
to  admissions  and  extended  the  New 
Orleans  admission  tax  for  another 
two  years. 

The  tax  is  at  present  one  cent  on 

(Continued  on   Page   6) 


Trade  Reforms  to  be  Asked 
by  MPTO  of  Vt.  Committee 

Richmond,  Va. — A  special  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  MPTO  of 
Virginia  has  been  directed  to  com- 
municate with  producers  and  dis- 
tributors in  an  effort  to  correct  what 

(Continued  on   Page   6) 


STAGE  HANDS  PARLEY 
ON  EXHIB.  PROBLEMS 


First  meeting  between  Local  1, 
stagehands,  and  Maj.  L.  E.  Thomp- 
son, of  RKO,  to  discuss  summer  op- 
eration problems  facing  Metropoli- 
tan exhibitors,  was  held  yesterday, 
it  was  reliably  reported  last  night. 
Major  Thompson  could  not  be 
reached  for  a  statement  and  repre- 
sentatives of  Local  1  were  likewise 
unavailable.  The  Local  was  repre- 
sented by  a  four-man  committee  ap- 
pointed   by   the   executive   board. 

A  letter  was  sent  to  Local  1  some 

(Continued  on   Page   3) 


Nat'l  Theaters  Regional 
Meets  in  K.  C,  Los  Angeles 

Regional  meetings  for  National 
Theaters  field  forces,  which  replace 
a  national  convention  which  was  to 
have  been  held  in  Del  Monte,  have 
been   set  for  Kansas   City  on   Aug- 

( Continued  on   Page  6) 


No  Knowledge  of  RKO  Exec.  Changes 
Reported  as  Planned,  Asserts  Odium 


Television  Allocations 

Coming  Up  at  RMA  Meet 

Washington    Bureau    of    THE  FILM   DAILY 

Washington — Aside  from  the  ex- 
pected completion  of  additional 
television  standards  for  submission 
to  the  FCC  the  Radio  Manufactur- 
ers of  America  at  their  meeting 
in  New  York  next  week  will  also 
take  up  the  problem  of  television 
allocations,  it  was  learned  here  yes- 
terday. 


Possible  changes  in  the  RKO 
board  or  executive  staff  will  not  be 
discussed  until  the  reorganization 
plan  has  been  approved  by  the 
court,  Floyd  B.  Odium,  head  of  At- 
las Corp.,  sponsors  of  the  plan, 
said  yesterday  upon  his  arrival 
from  Europe  on  the  Europa. 

Odium  declared  he  had  no  knowl- 
edge of  a  "West  Coast  published  re- 
port that  Peter  Rathvon,  his  aide, 
would  succeed  Leo   Spitz,   president 

(Continued  on  Page   3) 


Distrib.      Concrete      Program 

Will     Be     Considered, 

Myers  Declares 

By  GEORGE  W.  MEHRTENS 

Washington  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Washington — Allied  States,  in  re- 
questing an  industry  investigation 
by  the  National  Economic  Commit- 
tee, essentially  was  complying  with 
the  mandate  of  a  resolution  unani- 
mously adopted  at  the  1938  Pitts- 
burgh convention,  Abram  F.  Myers, 
board  chairman  and  general  coun- 
sel, told  The  Film  Daily  yesterday. 
"As  soon  as  the  National  Eco- 
nomic Committee  was  named," 
Myers  said,  "this  office  petitioned 
it  to  include  an  investigation  of  the 

(Continued  on   Page   6) 


CHICAGO  CLEARANCE 
TALKS  TO  CONTINUE 


The  Chicago  dual  programs  and 
clearance  situation  will  be  discussed 
at  meetings  here  and  Chicago  dur- 
ing the  next  week  or  10  days,  Jos- 
eph Rosenberg,  attorney  for  the 
Chicago  indies,  said  yesterday.  Ro- 
senberg indicated  that  he  would  re- 
turn to  Chicago  to  attend  a  session 

(Continued  on   Page   3) 


UA  Again  Giving  Indies 

the  Call  in  the  Dominion 


United  Artists  again  will  sell 
away  from  Famous  Players  Canad- 
ian Corp.  theaters  and  will  make  its 
product  available  to  Dominion  inde- 

(Continued  on  Page   6) 


Gambling   Vote   Off 

A'bany  —  The  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion yesterday  spent  another  day  de- 
bating the  Hirschberg  gambling  pro- 
posals, putting  over  a  vote  until  Mon- 
day night  at  which  time  debate  will 
be  limited  to  summing  up  on  each 
side.  Former  Governor  Alfred  E.  Smith 
spoke  in  favor  of  the  proposal  yester- 
day. 


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Prof.  Shotwell  to  Analyze 
Proposed  Copyright  Changes 

First  meeting  of  representatives 
of  the  film  industry  and  members 
of  affiliated  businesses  and  crafts 
interested  in  instituting  new  inter- 
national copyright  legislation  held 
yesterday  at  Columbia  University, 
brought   pledges    of   cooperation. 

The  meeting  was  held  in  the  trus- 
tees room  of  the  Low  Memorial  Li- 
brary. Film  industry  was  repre- 
sented by  a  committee  recently 
named  by  the  Hays  office,  embracing 
Edwin  P.  Kilroe,  of  20th-Fox,  Rob- 
ert W.  Perkins,  Warners  general 
counsel,  and  Gabriel  L.  Hess, 
MPPDA  general  attorney.  John  G. 
Paine   represented   Ascap. 

Parley  was  largely  given  over  to 
a  general  discussion.  Representa- 
tives of  all  business  and  crafts  who 
attended  will  formulate  suggestions 
which  will  be  mailed  to  Prof.  James 
T.  Shotwell,  of  Columbia,  for  analy- 
sis. 

Further  meetings  are  subject  to 
a  call  by  Professor  Shotwell,  who 
is  acting  as  chairman.  Sessions  are 
being  held  under  the  auspices  of 
the  American  National  Committee 
on  International  Intellectual  Co-op- 
eration. 


FitzPatrick  to  Represent 

Sound  City  Studios  Here 

James  A.  FitzPatrick  will  act  as 
American  representative  for  Sound 
City  Studios  of  England,  he  said 
yesterday.  Last  year  FitzPatrick 
produced  his  M-G-M  quota  pictures 
at  Sound  City  and  will  return  there 
in  the  event  that  he  closes  a  deal  for 
more  quota  product  with  another 
American  company. 

One  of  the  six  stages  at  Sound 
City  is  being  equipped  permanently 
for  the  exclusive  use  of  Dufaycolor 
pictures,  FitzPatrick  stated,  adding 
that  he  will  use  the  Dufay  process 
if  he  returns  to  English  production. 

Kennedy  Gets  Degree 

Dublin  (By  Cable) — Honorary  de- 
gree of  doctor  of  laws  was  bestowed 
upon  U.  S.  Ambassador  Joseph  P. 
Kennedy  here  yesterday  by  the  Uni- 
versity of  Dublin,  degree  being  con- 
ferred by  Prime  Minister  de  Valera 
in  his  capacity  of  chancellor.  Irish 
Senate  was  present. 

Sanction  "Birth  of  Baby" 

Little  Rock,  Ark. — Committees  of 
the  council  and  Maternal  and  Child 
Welfare  Committee  of  the  Arkansas 
Medical  Society,  at  a  meeting  here, 
approved  the  showing  of  "The  Birth 
of  a  Baby,"  to  persons  over  16  but 
voted  to  have  each  county  medical 
society  pass  on  showing  the  film 
within  its  jurisdiction. 

Bank  Night  Tax  Imposed 

Alliance,  O.  -  -  Mayor  Floyd  H. 
Senn  has  signed  an  ordinance  estab- 
lishing Bank  Night  tax  on  theaters 
here.  The  measure  provides  a  week- 
ly fee  of  $7.50  for  each  theater  and 
10  per  cent  deduction  from  each 
night's   winnings. 


"Having  Wonderful  Time" 
Ahead  of  "Stage  Door" 

"Having  Wonderful  Time"  got  off 
to  an  excellent  start  on  its  opening 
day  at  the  Radio  City  Music  Hall, 
with  morning  and  matinee  business 
bettering  that  of  "Stage  Door," 
RKO  home  office  said  last  night. 
The  latter  is  rated  as  one  of  the  top 
grossers  of  all  productions  that 
have  played  the  Music  Hall.  "Stage 
Door"  opened,  too,  in  October,  with 
cool  weather,  whereas  "Having 
Wonderful  Time"  had  its  metropoli- 
tan premiere  on  one  of  the  hottest 
days  of  the  summer.  Morning  and 
matinee  business  was  the  best  at 
the  big  Radio  City  house  of  any 
opening  in  several  weeks. 

With  its  national  release  on  July 
1,  the  Ginger  Rogers-Douglas  Fair- 
banks, Jr.  starring  romance  played 
to  excellent  biz  in  all  the  key  situa- 
tions over  the  week-end  and  was 
held  over  in  15  cities,  it  was  also 
said. 


Minneapolis  Nabe  Goes 

Duals  at  10  and  20  Cents 

Minneapolis — The  1,000-seat  Prin- 
cess theater,  indie  uptown  nabe, 
has  switched  to  duals  at  10  and  20 
cents,  with  announcement  that  the 
policy  is  permanent.  Changeover, 
expected  to  have  repercussions,  fol- 
lows action  by  the  Minnesota 
Amusement  Co.  in  dipping  down- 
town admish  from  55  to  40  cents. 


Loew-Poli  Vacationists 

New  Haven — Loew-Poli  division 
men  on  vacation  this  month  include 
Matt  Saunders,  of  the  Poli-  Bridge- 
port, Joe  Amstead,  Elm  Street,  Wor- 
cester, Edward  Fitzpatrick,  Poli, 
Waterbury,  Robert  Russell,  Poli, 
New  Haven,  H.  H.  Maloney,  Poli, 
Worcester,  Joe  Samartaro,  Palace, 
Meriden,  Harry  Rose,  Globe,  Bridge- 
port, and  Sam  Badamo,  College, 
New  Haven.  M  &  P  lists  both 
George  Reising,  assistant,  and  Lou 
Schaefer,  manager,  of  the  Para- 
mount, New  Haven,  as  this  month's 
vacationers. 


Altec  Sets  Shea  Deal 

A  deal  has  just  been  signed  by 
Edmund  C.  Grainger,  General  Man- 
ager of  M.  A.  Shea  Theatrical  En- 
terprises, by  which  Altec  Service 
Corp.  will  service  the  31  M.  A. 
Shea  theaters  located  in  Massachu- 
setts, New  Hampshire,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  Ohio.  Bert  Sanford,  di- 
rector of  Altec  sales,  negotiated  for 
Altec. 


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JACK  COHN,  Columbia's  vice-president,  an 
ABE  SCHNEIDER,  treasurer,  leave  Hollywood 
today    for    New    York. 

FLOYD  B.  ODLUM,  head  of  Atlas  Corp.,  ar- 
rived   from    Europe    yesterday   on    the    Euro/*. 

DENSMORE  A.  ROSS,  vice-president  aim/'Ji- 
rector  of  branch  operations  of  Ross  Federal, 
has  left  for  a  two-week  inspection  tour  which 
will  take  him  to  Cleveland,  Detroit,  Chicago, 
Milwaukee,    Minneapolis    and    Des    Moines. 

EDWARD  EVERETT  HORTON  is  en  route  by 
motor  car  to  New  York  and  will  sail  short- 
ly  after   his   arrival    for   a    European    vacation. 

DAVE  COULD,  dance  director  for  a  number 
of  RKO  pictures,  arrives  in  New  York  Monday 
to  direct  the  dances  for  the  next  Max  Cordon 
show. 

ALFRED  HITCHCOCK,  CB  director,  leaves 
Hollywood  today  for  New  York,  arriving  Mon- 
day. 

RAY  FOSTER,  head  cameraman  at  Warner 
Bros.  Brooklyn  studios,  is  vacationing  in  Hol- 
lywood   as    the    guest   of    Edgar    Bergen. 

GENE  AUTRY  arrives  in  Philadelphia  July 
15    for   personal    appearances. 

PAUL  YAWITZ,  RKO  writer,  is  in  New  York 
for  a  vacation. 

JAMES  NORMANLY,  Universal  studio  manag- 
er, has  returned  to  the  Coast  after  a  visit 
in    New    York. 

MARTHA  RAYE  arrives  in  Chicago  today  for 
two   weeks   of   P.   A.'s. 

TOM  WALKER,  new  Eastern  representative 
for   Hal   Roach,   has   returned   from   the   Coast. 

PHIL  DUNAS,  Midwestern  division  managei 
for    Columbia    is    in    town. 


Money  Games  Ban  Spreads 

Hamden,  Conn. — Hamden  local  of- 
ficials are  the  latest  to  announce 
an  absolute  ban  of  money  games  in 
theaters  or  organizations,  following 
similar  announcements  in  New  Hav- 
en and  West  Haven,  Devon,  and 
other  towns  near  New  Haven.  Wal- 
nut Beach,  Milford  amusement  spot, 
is  also  destined  to  close  down  all 
concessions  using  money  giveaways, 
it  is  reported. 


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XCH ANGES  TO  FIGHT 
iALES  TAX  ON  RENTALS 


ntinued  from  Page  1) 

tount  contested  the  business  license 
ax   and   was   upheld. 

"be  State  apparently  means  to 
9BEct  sales  tax,  applicable  to  cer- 
lin  rentals,  under  "use"  angle  of 
W.  This  is  intended  to  make  the 
urchaser  of  articles  outside  the 
tate  subject  to  reporting  purchase 
nd  paying  "use"  tax  in  lieu  of 
ales  tax  and  was  inwritten  to  pro- 
sct  local  merchants.  Informed  cit- 
ies reply  that  the  entire  film  busi- 
ess  is  interstate  and  believe  "use" 
ngle  may  be  illegal  as  a  cloak  to 
ax  interstate  commerce. 

Exchange  action  is  reported 
orced  as  small  exhibitors  are  re- 
elling  against  application  tax  to 
heir  bills.  To  date  two  majors 
ave  ordered  tax  billing,  one  is 
waiting  ruling-,  and  two  not  billing- 
he  tax. 


Chicago  Clearance  Talks 

Will  Be  Continued 


i  Continued  from   Page    1 ) 
nd    come    back    to    New    York    for 
urther  meetings. 

Action  revolves  around  the  indie 
iperators'  contention  that  the  B  & 
C  theaters  using  double  bills  enjoy 
xtensive  clearance  over  competi- 
ive  houses  in  Chicago.  This  situa- 
ion  and  other  trade  practices  al- 
eged  to  be  unfair  may  be  the  basis 
or  anti-trust  suits  now  being  con- 
sidered  by   the  indies. 

Rosenberg  said  he  planned  to  con- 
'er  with  major  sales  heads  in  an 
•ffort  to  remedy  the  controversy. 
Zd  Silverman,  of  Essaness  Circuit, 
ind  Aaron  Saperstein,  Chicago  Al- 
lied leader,  who  accompanied  Ro- 
senberg to  New  York,  plan  to  re- 
urn  to  Chicago  today. 


Taylor  On  Committee 

Toronto — N.  A.  Taylor  yesterday 
,vas  named  a  special  committee  of 
i  >ne  to  prepare  a  schedule  of  clear- 
1  mce  changes  to  be  submitted  to 
he  Film  Section  Conciliation  Com- 
nittee  of  the  Toronto  Board  of 
Trade. 


with  PHIL  M.  DALY 

T  T  ▼ 


•  •      •      OUT    IN    Hollywood    Tommy     Christian     wro'.e     a    musical 

number    he    called    "Metropoloscope" an    atmospheric    piece    about 

New  York  City,  that  catches  the  throb  and  tempo  and  pulse  of  the  Big 

Town but   nobody   around    the   studios   S3emed   to   be    interested   in 

it so  Tommy  came  East  and  tried  to  interest  the  band  leaders  on 

the    radio no    dice finally    Tommy    ran    into    E'eputy    Commis- 
sioner  of   Sanitation   Bert   Adler the    Commissioner   went   nuts   over 

the   number he   is   arranging   to   have   it   played   by   ths   Sanitation 

Band and   there  is  a  possibility   that  it  may  be  featured  at  one  of 

those   concerts   over   at  Randall's   Island   stadium with   umpty   thou- 
sand   people    listening    to    Tommy's    atmospheric    creation so 

you   never  can   tell 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     FIGURING  that  their  big  production  called  for  a  big 

pressbook Lou  Lifton's  ad  and  pub  dep't  at  Monogram  went 

to  town  with  the  one  on  "Romance  of  the  Limberlost" the 

largest  and  most  complete  ever  prepared  by  the  company it 

actually  has  more  ads,  tie-ups  and  showmanship  stunts  than  some 

of  the  top  pictures  of  the  majors Manny  Reiner  handled  the 

copy,  and  Russ  Bell  the  art  work it  sounds  almost  incredible 

that  two  men  could  handle  the  actual  work  on  an  imposing  cam- 
paign book but  we  have  been  hanging  around  that  Monogram 

office  ever  since  the  work  started,  and  can  vouch  for  it the 

only  help  they  got  was  Lou's  supervision  and  advice  from  us 

the  latter  they  ignored,  fortunately 


•  •  •  WITH  THE  release  of  "Good  Scouts,"  a  Disney  with 
Donald  Duck  and  his  three  nephews  on  high  adventure  in  Yellowstone 

National   Park Barret   McCormick's   boys   do   their   daily   good  deed 

in    the    exploitation    world lookit! a    drawing    of    Donald    and 

his  nephews  in  Boy  Scout  uniform  was  presented  to  Dr.  West,  Chief 
Scout  Executive,  and  an  8  x  10  print  for  each  of  a  thousand  Scout  ex- 
ecutives throughout  the  nation publicity  releases  to  5,400  news- 
papers   reproduction  of  drawing  in  current  Boys'  Life  and  Scout- 
ing mags stories  in  scout  magazines Scout  tie-ups  with  the- 
aters  notification    of    coming    Disney    one-reeler    to    38,000    Scout- 

mazters all    this    might    well    be    called    major    league    promotion 

and  on  a  short! 


•      •      •     IMPORTANT    negotiations    pending    with    a    foreign 

government interested    in    the    value    of    propaganda    to    be 

secured  through  the  medium  of  the  motion  picture  camera 

especially   the   camera  so  artistically   manipulated   by   Andre   de 

LaVarre  of  Screen  Traveler so his  partner,  Major  Paul 

Devlin,  leaves  on  July  23  to  join  him  somewhere  in  Europe 


•      •      •      AT  THE  opening   of   "Lord  Jeff"   the   other  nite   at   the  Cap 

itol   on   Broadway dignified   Charles   Coburn,   vet   of   the   speaking 

stage,  was,  on  hand  to  see  himself  with  Mickey  Rooney  perform  in 
the  pix Coburn  has  skyrocketed  in  only  three  movies news- 
paper   photographers    took    pictures    of    him    at    the    box-office and 

while  he  posed,   a   woman   autograph   hound   asked   him   if  he   was   a 

celeb Coburn   laughed   her   away   goodnaturedly so   the   pest 

turned  to  one  of  the  camera  boys  and  asked:  "Who  is  he,  mister?" 

the  camera  guy  drawled:  "Lady,  that's  Charley  Chaplin  without  hi3 
mustache,  trying  out  a  new  monocle,  disguised  as  a  guy  named  Charley 
Coburn" 


EARLY  TO  DISCUSS  RKO 
PERSONNEL  CHANGES 


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of  RKO,  or  that  Joseph  Plunkett 
would  replace  J.  J.  O'Connor  as 
head  of  RKO  theaters,  in  the  event 
that  the  veorg.  proposal  was  ac- 
cepted. 

Odium  insisted  that  he  had  been 
out  of  touch  with  the  RKO  develop- 
ments since  going  abroad  in  May 
and  declared  that  he  was  unaware 
of  the  fact  that  Special  Master  Al- 
ger had  commented  favorably  upon 
the  plan  as  it  now  stands.  He  left 
for  Washington  immediately  after 
disembarking  from  the  Europa  and 
asserted  that  he  would  "pick  up  the 
loose  ends"  of  the  RKO  situation 
when  he  returns  in  a  few  days. 

His  trip  abroad,  Odium  said,  was 
in  connection  with  the  Italian  Re- 
construction Institute  in  which  he 
is  interested.  Odium  was  accom- 
panied by  his  wife. 


Stage   Hands   Parley 

On  Exhib.  Problems 


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weeks  ago  by  Major  Thompson  ask- 
ing' for  a  meeting  "in  an  effort  to 
keep  the  theaters,  open",  and  at  a 
subsequent  meeting  of  the  Local, 
members  were  said  to  be  unanimous 
in  declaring  in  favor  of  any  move 
to  help  the  exhibs. 

What  course  of  action  the  Local 
will  take  will  be  determined  today 
when  the  committee  meets  with  the 
executive  board.  It  is  believed  that 
a  salary  cut  during  July  and  August 
is  the  theater  objective,  but  action 
of  this  type  must  be  voted  on  by  the 
full  membership  of  the  Local,  unless 
it  has  empowered  the  executive 
board  to  make  a  decision  in  the 
matter,  which  has  not  been  done  to 
date,   it   is   said. 

Withdraw  SEC  Registration 

Washington    Bureau    of    THE    FILM    DAILY 

Washington  —  The  registration 
statement  of  Major  Film  Produc- 
tions, Inc.,  Los  Angeles,  has  been 
withdrawn,  it  was  revealed  yester- 
day by  the  SEC,  due  to  inactivity  of 
the  company. 


William  Kriesel  Dead 

La  Cr-osse,  Wis.  —  William  A. 
Kriesel,  57,  connected  with  the  La 
Crosse  Theater  Co.  for  many  years, 
died  this  week  in  a  local  hospital. 
He  is  survived  by  a  sister. 


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From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Monday,  July  8, 
1918: 

NEW  YORK — American  Film  Co.  product  go- 
ing through  Pathe  Exchange;  commitment  calls 
for   24   features   a   year,    beginning   Sept.    15. 

NEW  YORK — Actors  and  experts  essential, 
rules  office  of  Provost  Marshal  General  Crowder. 

NEW  YORK— Walter  Stradling,  who  photo- 
graphed   many    of    Mary    Pickford's   films,    dies. 

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ALLIED  PROBE  DEMAND  REVIEWS  Of   HEW   FILMS 

NO  CONCILIATION  BAR 


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motion      picture      industry      in      its 
agenda." 

Myers  emphasized  the  fact  that 
this  move  was  prior  to  announce- 
ment in  New  York  of  a  distributor 
move  to  solve  industry  problems 
within   the   industry. 

Myers  declared  that  there  was  no 
justification  for  the  inference  in 
some  quarters  that  "Allied  won't  go 
along"  on  this  conciliation  move- 
ment. Myers  pointed  out  that  this 
entire  subiect  is  in  the  hands  of  its 
board  of  directors. 

"When  and  if  a  concrete  program 
is  evolved  by  the  distributors,' 
Myers  said,  "it  will  receive  the  con- 
sideration of  the  Board.  Meantime, 
idle  speculation  as  to  what  Alhed's 
attitude  may  or  may  not  be  cannot 
be  productive  of  any  good  and  may 
do  harm." 

Further  request  for  investigation 
of  the  film  industry  by  the  joint 
Congressional  -  executive  monopoly 
investigation  committee  was  re- 
ceived yesterday  from  Dr.  Ray  Ly- 
man Wilbur,  former  Secretary  of 
the  Interior,  and  President  of  the 
National  Motion  Picture  Research 
Council. 

In  a  telegraphic  message  Dr.  Wil- 
bur "earnestly  petitions  that  mo- 
tion picture  industry  be  included  in 
the  investigation  of  monopolies  to 
be  undertaken  by  your  committee. 

The  telegram  was  received  by 
Chairman  Joseph  C.  O'Mahoney  and 
will  be  turned  over  to  the  full  com- 
mittee for  consideration,  it  was 
stated. 

The  Committee  following  an  all- 
day  executive  session  yesterday, 
took  no  action  regarding  the  indus- 
try The  meeting,  according  to  the 
chairman's  office,  has  adjourned 
until  "call  of  the  chair." 


Nat'l  Theaters  Regional 
Meets  in  K.  C,  Los  Angeles 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

ust  9-10,  and  Los  Angeles  August 
15-16,  with  an  extra  (lay  probable 
for  the  Coast  meet,  it  was  learned 
yesterday. 

Spyros  Skouras,  head  of  the 
company,  William  Powers,  chief 
film  buyer,  J.  J.  Sullivan,  Coast 
buyer,  and  Harry  Cox,  treasurer, 
will  attend  the  two  meetings  from 
the  home  office  staff. 

National  Theaters  second  annual 
nationwide  business  drive,  which 
started  in  the  latter  part  of  April, 
winds  up  this  week,  with  $10,000  m 
awards  going  to  the  winning  divi- 
sions and  districts.  The  award 
money  is  to  be  split  three  ways, 
with  the  top  ranking  position  get- 
ting $5,000,  second  place  $3,000. 
and  $2,000  for  third  place.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  regular  prizes  there 
will  be  an  additional  melon  of  $5,000 
in  bonuses  if  all  operating  circuits 
reach  an  established  quota. 


"My  Bill" 

with    Kay    Francis,    Dickie    Moore, 

Anita   Louise 

Warners  65    Mins. 

VERY  HUMAN  STORY  OF  A  MOTHER 
AND  HER  CHILDREN  SCORES  WITH 
HEART-WARMING    QUALITIES. 

A  heart-warming  story  of  a  mother  and 
her  youngsters,  struggling  to  keep  the 
home  together,  gives  Kay  Francis  one  of 
the  most  appealing  roles  she  has  ever  had. 
The  story  is  hers,  but  she  shares  honors 
with  Dickie  Moore,  who  is  the  "My  Bill" 
of  the  title.  Dickie  has  a  fat  part,  and 
carries  a  big  proportion  of  the  scenes  on 
his  young  shoulders,  and  gets  away  with 
it  in  grand  style.  Miss  Francis  looks  ex- 
ceedingly young  to  be  the  mother  of  these 
four  children,  the  oldest  daughter  (Anita 
Louise)  already  at  the  marriageable  age. 
She  has  gone  through  the  fortune  left 
by  her  deceased  husband,  and  scandal 
arises  when  she  is  forced  to  borrow  money 
from  the  young  president  of  the  local 
town  bank,  who  was  her  old  sweetheart 
(John  Litel).  There  is  a  vinegary  old  aunt 
(Elisabeth  Risdon)  who  barges  into  the  lit- 
tle home  when  the  money  is  all  gone,  and 
talks  the  three  elder  children  into  desert- 
ing their  mother  and  going  to  live  with 
her.  Only  little  Billy  remains,  and  strug- 
gles manfully  to  help  by  starting  to  sell 
newspapers.  The  youngster  has  a  most 
appealing  way  with  him,  and  strhVes  up 
acquaintance  with  an  old  invalid  lady  who 
lives  alone  across  the  street.  Upon  her 
death,  the  will  reveals  that  she  has  left 
her  estate,  which  is  considerable,  to  the 
boy.  This  solves  the  financial  problem  for 
the  family,  and  there  is  a  happy  reunion 
with  a  wedding  in  the  offing  with  the 
old  sweetheart,  as  the  ogre  of  an  aunt  is 
ignominiously  ejected  from  the  happy 
scene.  Kay  Francis  is  human  and  appeal- 
ing. All  the  children  handle  their  parts 
well,   but   Dickie   Moore   is   outstanding. 

CAST:  Kay  Francis,  Dickie  Moore,  Bon- 
ita  Granville,  John  Litel,  Anita  Louise 
Bobby  Jordan,  Maurice  Murphy,  Elisabeth 
Risdon,  Helena  Philips  Evans,  John  Ridgely 
Jan   Holm,   Sidney    Bracy,    Bern'ce   Pilot. 

CREDITS:  Director,  John  Farrow;  Author, 
Tom  Barry;  Screenplay,  Vincent  Sherman, 
Robertson  White;  Editor,  Franks  Magee; 
Cameraman,  Sid   Hickox. 

DIRECTION,    Very    Good.      PHOTOGRA 
PHY,    Excellent. 


*  SHORTS  & 


Gluckman  Signatures  New 

Five-Year  Rep.  Franchise 

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lie.  Gluckman  is  the  fourth  of  the 
22  franchise  holders  to  sign  a  new 
pact,  although  agreements  have 
been  reached  with  practically  every 
other  Republic  distributor  in  the  U. 
S.  Other  signatures  are  expected 
during  the  next  few  weeks. 

As  previously  reported,  the  new 
drafts  "adjust"  terms  and,  in  addi- 
tion, "tighten'  the  contract  provis- 
ions affecting;  the  handling  of  out- 
side product  by  the  franchise  hold- 
ers. 

New  agreements  already  have 
been  signed  for  the  Dallas,  Okla- 
homa City  and  Little  R6Ck  terri- 
tories, j 


"The  U.  S.  Coast  Guard" 

(March    of   Time) 

RKO  Radio  17  mins. 

Thrilling   Realism 

This  issue  is  one  of  the  liveliest 
and  strongest  that  the  MOT  has 
produced  in  its  long  series.  It  is 
in  the  first  place  a  very  popular 
subiect,  and  at  this  time  very  topic- 
al. The  entire  footage  is  devoted  to 
the  U.  S.  Coast  Guard  and  their  ac- 
tivities. The  entire  work  of  the  ser- 
vice is  presented,  and  all  the  par- 
ticipants are  real  Coast  Guard  offi- 
cers and  men,  and  they  look  it.  The 
training  of  the  men  at  the  Coast 
Guard  Academy  at  New  London, 
Connecticut,  is  shown  in  detail.  But 
the  main  footage  is  devoted  to  a 
complete  record  of  the  work  of  the 
Intelligence  Division  on  a  typical 
case-;  of  tracking  down  former  rum- 
ftuifjlwers  engaged  in  smuggling  fire- 
arms-'out  of  the  countr"  This  viola- 
tfens  of  the  neutrality  laws  shows 
the  %Xciting  nature  of  the  work  of 
the  service  at  times,  and  the  clever 
and ''scientific  manner  in  which  they 
go  about  capturing  the  smugglers. 
The  trap  is  carefully  laid,  and  the 
suspense  is  built  up  With  all  the  en- 
tertainment values  to  be  found  In 
a  Hollywood  production.  This 
represents  the  only  complete  film 
record  of  the  secret  service  work 
engaged  in  by  the  Intelligence  Divi- 
sion of  the  Coast  Guard. 


Trade  Reforms  to  be  Asked 
by  MPTO  of  Vt.  Committee 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

it  calls  unfair  trade  practices.  Com- 
mittee embraces  Morton  G.  Thal- 
himer,  Benjamin  T.  Pitts,  W.  F. 
Crockett,'  Hunter  Perry,  Abe  Licht- 
•Tian  and  Julian  Brylawski.  Mean- 
while, letters  have  been  sent  to  all 
members  of  the  organization  asking 
them  to  express  their  views  on  al- 
leged objectionable  practices  so  that 
the  ■  committee  can  have  something 
concrete  to  work  on. 

According  to  the  letter,  specific 
"evils"  to  which  objections  have  "been 
expressed  include  forcing  of  shoi'ts, 
trailers  and  newsreels,  score  charges, 
unreasonable  percentages  and  pre- 
ferred playing  time. 

The  letter  points  out  that  at  the 
recent  MPTO  of  Virginia  convention 
the  membership  opposed  passage  of 
the  Neely  Bill  because  it  felt  that 
the  measure,  as  written,  would  not 
remedy  difficulties  confronting  ex- 
hibitors. However,  the  association 
went  on  record  with  the  opinion  that 
unless  immediate  steps  were  taken 
by  the  industry,  itself,  to  correct 
certain  practices,  Federal  and  state 
legislation  was  inevitable. 


LA.  SOLONS  ADJOURN; 
FILMS  MEASURES  D!l 


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any  seat  over  15  cents  to  40  cent 
and  graduates  thereafter.  Accorc 
ing  to  report  here,  the  new  g^vasur 
will  take  the  tax  off  of  all  c%^/en' 
admissions  and  tax  all  adult  seat 
regardless  of  price. 

The  circuit  theater  tax  measun 
which  was  thought  to  have  som 
possibility  of  passing  because  of  th 
animosity  with  which  chains  of  an; 
kind  are  viewed  in  the  country  area, 
of  Louisiana,  died  in  committee 
though  it  did  give  theater  men  thi 
jitters  for  some  time. 

Its  quiet  death  is  being  attribute) 
here  to  the  efforts  of  the  250-pount 
A.  J.  (Slim)  Higgenbotham,  wh( 
was  regarded  as  the  representativi 
of  the  Saenger  interests  and  theii 
affiliates  in  Baton  Rouge. 

The  tax  on  theaters  in  the  largei 
communities  which  showed  film  ad- 
vertising was  withdrawn  after  cre- 
ating quite  an  exhibitor  stir.  An 
anti-Ascap  measure  also  was  with- 
drawn by  its  sponsor  as  the  session 
neared  a  close. 

Possible  indication  >~ai  what  is 
wrong  with  the  industry  hereabouts 
may  lie  in  the  fact  that  while  all 
exhibitors  ijad  some  js  interest  in 
these  various  measures,  apparently 
only  the  Saenger  Corp.  actually  did 
something  about  them. 


UA  Again  Giving  Indies 

the  Gall  in  the  Dominion 


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pendent  operators,  Andy  W.  Smith, 
general  sales  manager,  said  yester- 
day. This  is  the  second  consecutive 
year  in  which  U.  A.  has  sold  its 
lineup  away  from  the  big  Canadian 
chain. 

Last  year  N.  L.  Nathanson,  pres- 
ident of  F.  P.,  was  unable  to  agree 
on  a  UA  contract  renewal.  The  dis- 
tributors, therefore,  sold  to  the  in- 
dependents, many  of  whom  signed 
long-term  franchises.  It  is  under- 
stood that  the  same  situation  arose 
when  selling  got  under  way  on  the 
1938-39  program. 


Goldwyn  to  Star  Cooper 
in  "Seventh  Cavalry"  Epic 

West    Coast    Bureau    of    THE    FILM    DAILA' 

Hollywood — Samuel  Goldwyn  will 
produce  a  film  entitled  "Seventh 
Cavalry,"  with  Gary  Cooper  starred. 
Cooper  will  play  a  West  Pointer 
seiwing  under  General  Custer  in  the 
wars  against  Sitting'  Bull  and  Rain- 
in-the-Face.  It  is  planned  to  film 
Custer's  Last  Stand,  the  massacre 
of  a  portion  of  the  Seventh  Cavalry 
and  its  youthful  leader  at  the  actual 
location  in  Montana. 


Eiseman  Down  with  Flu 

Pittsburgh  —  Clarence  Eiseman, 
branch  manager  for  United  Artists, 
has  been  confined  to  his  home  for 
the  past  week  with  a  bad  attack  of 
the  flu. 


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GENTLEMEN! 


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SURVEY  SHOWS  FILMS 
ESCAPING  CENSORSHIP 


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general  survey  is  based  on  reports 
from  committees  and  correspondents 
in  36  states,  and  analyzes  conditions 
all  over  the  country  for  the  year 
ending  June  1,  last. 

Of  the  seven  official  state  motion 
picture  boards,  only  New  York, 
Pennsylvania,  and  Ohio  raised  is- 
sues which  were  contested  in  the 
courts.  In  New  York,  the  Board 
banned  "The  Birth  of  a  Baby"  and 
the  French  film,  "Remous."  Pennsyl- 
vania barred  several  pro-Loyalist 
Spanish  films,  a  Soviet  film,  "Baltic 
Deputy,"  and  a  pro-labor  film,  "Mil- 
lions of  Us."  Ordered  released  by 
the  courts  or  through  pressure  by 
the  Governor  were  "Spanish  Earth," 
"Spain  in  Flames,"  "Millions  of  Us" 
and  the  "Baltic  Deputy." 

In  Ohio,  where  "Spain  in  Flames" 
was  also  banned,  the  Union  went 
into  the  courts  for  a  mandamus  or- 
der, which  was  denied.  Appeal  was 
taken  to  the  Supreme  Court  which 
held  on  technical  grounds  that  it 
could  not  review.  The  Union  also 
sued  for  a  writ  of  mandamus  when 
the  film  "Millions  of  Us"  was  bar- 
red. The  proceeding  is  still  pending. 

Pro-Loyalist  Spanish  films  were 
also  banned  in  Hartford  and  Water- 
bury  (Conn.),  Fall  River,  Brockton 
and  Worcester  (Mass.),  Detroit,  and 
Providence  (R.  I.).  Several  cities 
halted  showings  of  the  March  of 
Time  film,  "Inside  Nazi  Germany." 
The  Paramount  film  of  the  Chicago 
massacre  was  at  first  suppressed 
and  then  released  generally,  except 
in  Chicago. 

In  radio,  "while  censorship  by 
station  managers  continues  as  a 
part  of  the  accepted  set-up,"  the 
Union  notes  that  the  FCC  for  the 
first  time  assumed  such  powers  in 
criticizing  the  Mae  West-Charlie 
McCarthy  sketch.  The  Commission 
announced  that  it  would  take  into 
consideration  in  considering  renew- 
als of  licenses  the  character  of 
programs.  The  ACLU  protested  this 
announced  assumption  of  power  by 
the  Commission  and  "as  far  as  we 
know,  it  has  not  been  exercised." 


Court  Grants  Appeal  Order 
in  Dallas  Anti-Trust  Case 


Dallas — Clearing  the  way  for  the 
return  of  the  Dallas  anti-trust  case 
to  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court,  Defense 
Attorney  George  S.  Wright  ob- 
tained an  appeal  order  from  Fed- 
eral District  Judge  W.  H.  Atwell. 
Case  thus  again  will  come  before 
the  Supreme  Court  in  November, 
it  is  said. 


WEDDING  BELLS 


Pittsburgh  —  Samuel  Rothenstein, 
who  operates  theaters  in  Cambridge 
Springs,  West  Aliquippa  and  Evans 
City,  announces  that  his  daughter, 
Anne,  will  wed  Arnold  Abes  of 
Butler   on    Sunday. 


LITTIi  fROfll  LOTS 


By  RALPH  WILK 


HOLLYWOOD 
Bagnall  Re-elected 
QEORGE  L.  BAGNALL,  executive 
studio  manager  at  Paramount, 
yesterday  was  re-elected  president 
of  the  Paramount  Studio  Club  for 
his   third  term. 

Eugene  Zukor  and  H.  E.  Mc- 
Croskey  were  elected  vice-presi- 
dents, Ralph  Green,  treasurer,  and 
Ruth  Duignan,  secretary.  Five  new 
members  elected  to  the  Board  of 
Governors  for  three  year  terms  are 
Lillian  Rock,  Pep  Lee,  A.  B.  Hilton, 
Clarence  Slater  and  Mel  Stamper. 

More  than  1500  members  of  The 
Studio  Club  participated  in  ballot- 
ing. 

▼  T  T 

Florey   and   Para.   Remember 

Tenth  anniversary  of  Para.'s  entry 
into  production  of  sound  pictures 
was  observed  at  the  studio  with  Di- 
rector Robert  Florey  as  principal 
celebrant.  Exactly  a  decade  ago 
Florey  directed  the  first  talkie  re- 
leased by  the  company,  "Pusher-In- 
the-Face,"  a  two-reeler  featuring 
Estelle  Taylor  and  the  late  Ray- 
mond Hitchcock. 

Marking  the  anniversary,  Adolph 
Zukor  presented  Florey  with  a  com- 
memorative medallion,  autographed 
a  diary  in  which  Florey  has  kept  a 
record  of  the  50  pictures  he  has  di- 
rected during  the  ten  years  and  an- 
nounced his  assignment  to  direct 
"King  of  Alcatraz." 

T  T  T 

Complete  Original 

Emanuel  Manheim  and  G.  Carlton 
Brown  have  completed  an  original 
suggested  by  a  gambling  ship  scan- 
dal.    Several  studios  are  interested. 

T  T  V 

Silent    Stars'    Comeback 

Betty  Compson  and  Herbert  Raw- 
linson,  popular  stars  of  the  silent 
days,  make  their  comeback  in  Mono- 
gram's "The  Circus  Comes  to 
Town." 

T  ▼  » 

Using  Trailer  Lab. 

A  complete  trailer  laboratory  is 
being  taken  to  Lone  Pine,  which 
will  serve  as  a  location  for  "Gunga 
Din,"  the  George  Stevens  production 
for  RKO.  It  has  been  designed  by 
James  Wilkinson,  RKO's  head  film 
editor  and  was  built  at  a  cost  of 
$10,000. 

T  T  ▼ 

Write  Roller  Derby  Story 
Monte  Brice  and  Robert  Andrews 
have  written  an  original  story  based 
on  the  Roller  Derby  titled  "Heaven 
on  Wheels."  A  number  of  studios 
are  angling  for  it  and  the  writers 
expect  to  close  a  deal  very  soon. 
Brice  is  now  at  Paramount  prepar- 
ing a  story  for  Martha  Raye  which 
Paul  Jones  will  produce. 

T  T  T 

Goldwyn  Signs  Benita  Hume 
Benita  Hume  has  been  engaged  by 
Samuel  Goldwyn  to  play  the  role 
of  Merle  Oberon's  stepmother  in 
"The  Lady  and  the  Cowboy."  Miss 
Hume  will  be  transformed  into  a 
blonde  for  the  role. 


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Friday,  July  8,  193 1 


DAILY 


SEE 


HOW 


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you 


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u 


G*LO 


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of  Tarzan 


LOOKED  18  YEARS  AGO 
WHEN    IT    WAS    MADE 

Starring 

Elmo  Lincoln 


* 


THE   ORIGINAL   TARZAN 

THE    SERIAL    THAT    MADE    A    FORTUNE    FOR    YOU,    MR.    &    MRS.    EXHIBITOR 


IS  NOW  BEING  RELEASED 
IN  15  ONE  REEL  CHAPTERS 
WITH  THAT  FUNNY  NARRA- 
TION AND  MUSICAL  EF- 
FECTS .  .  .  AND  ALL  NEW 
ACCESSORIES 


An  Added  Attraction 

For  you  First-Run 
Exhibitors. ...a 

Summer    Stimulant 
For  Your   BoXOfflCe 


ADVENTURES  of  TARZAN 

SERIAL  CORP. 

Hollywood:   OLympia   2978-4376   Sunset   Drive 
New  York:   Circle  7-3473.   Suite   3001,   1270   Sixth  Ave. 
Robert    Mintz,   Sales   Manager. 


ntimate  in  Character 
nternational  in  Scope 
ndependent    in    Thought 


»0    MOT    SaMOVi^ 


The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now  Twenty  Years  Old 


:  J74.  NO.  7 


NEW  YORK,  SATURDAY,  JULY  9,  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


?0f/)-Fox  Discards  Plan  to  Purchase  British  Studios 

18,352,675  IS  LOEW  NET  FOR  40  WEEKS  PERIOD 

— 

>IEC  Sets  Up  Machinery  for  Broad  Probe  of  Monopoly 


?partmental  Studies  Held  of 
Direct  Interest  to  Film 
Industry 

ishmgton  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Washington — While  Allied  States' 
^uest  for  an  investigation  of  the 
ii  industry  waits  future  action  by 
?  National  Economic  Committee, 
e  assignment  of  governmental  de- 
rtments  to  specific  fields  of  in- 
iry  indicates  that  the  impending 
onopoly  investigation  will  be  com- 
ehensive  in  its  scope. 
Functions  of  the  various  depart- 
ents  will  be  substantially  as  fol- 
WS,    according    to    Senator    Joseph 

(Continued  on   Page   3) 


.  S.  PIX  SUPREMACY 

N  POLAND  CONTINUES 


Warsaw  (By  Cable) — Polish  cen- 
t's in  1937  okayed  481  foreign  pix, 
eluding  321  from  the  U.  S.,  and 
.issed  127  domestic  productions,  ac- 
>'iding  to  the  report  of  the  Central 
ouncil  of  the  Polish  Film  Indus- 
y  just  made  available. 
The    American    imports    included 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 

anadian  Summer  Resorts 
Showing  16  mm.  Features 

Toronto — Exhibition  of  16  mm. 
x  in  Ontario  is  an  accomplished 
ict,  with  first  presentations  in  pro- 
ncial  summer  resorts,  it  was  as- 
rtained  last  night. 
|  Speaking  for   Sovereign  Pictures, 

(Continued  on   Page  4) 


iquidation  of  Allied  Pix 

to  be  Undertaken  by  MPICA 

An  attempt  to  liquidate  the  prod- 
ct  made  by  Allied  Pictures  will  be 
ndertaken  by  Motion  Picture  In- 
ustry  Credit  Association,  aceord- 
lg  to  Ted  Richmond,  representative 
f  the  association,  who  arrived  yes- 
;rday  from  Hollywood. 

Allied    Pictures,    which    has    been 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


Canadian  industry  in  Drive  for  B.  O.  Biz 

Toronto — In  a  drive  to  stimulate  pix  theater  attendance,  distrib.  and  exhib.  inter- 
ests will  st3ge  a  Go-to-the-Movies  Week  in  September.  Both  display  copy  in  the 
dailies  and  radio  will  be  employed.  Campaign  will  be  handled  by  a  committee  of  the 
Film  Section  cf  the  Toronto  Board  of  Trade.  Famous  Players  Canadian  Corp.  is  con- 
tributing $1,000  to  a  fund,  and  additional  financing  will  come  from  Dominion  distribu- 
tor  and   exhibitor   interests. 


Doll  Up  Theaters  Instead  of  Cutting 
Prices,  Wehrenberg  Fells  Exhib.  Unit 


St.  Louis,  Mo. — Practice  of  some 
exhibitors  in  this  sector  in  slashing 
admission  prices  to  overcome  the 
seasonal  slump  in  biz  has  caused 
Fred  H.  Wehrenberg,  president  of 
the  MPTO  of  St.  Louis,  Eastern 
Missouri  and  Southern  Illinois,  to 
issue  an  appeal  to  "keep  admission 
prices  up." 

In  a  letter  to  all  of  the  members 


of  the  organization,  Wehrenberg 
wrote : 

"Quite  a  number  of  theaters  in 
the  Citv  of  St.  Louis  are  cutting 
admission  prices,  to  try  to  overcome 
the  slump   in   business. 

"Experience  has  taught  us  that 
we  go  through  this  same  summer 
slump  each  and  every  year  and  the 

'Continued  on   Page  4) 


Films  to  be  Unaffected  by  New  A  F  of  L  Program 


Move  just  launched  by  the  A  F 
of  L  in  the  metropolitan  area  to 
organize  labor  along  industrial  lines 
"under  craft  supervision"  is  expect- 
ed to  have  little,  if  any,  effect  on 
the  film  industry,  it  is  learned. 

Plan,  sponsored  by  a  new  "or- 
ganization council,"  of  which  George 
J.   Troy   is   chairman,   calls   for  the 


combination  of  craft  unions  into  in- 
dustrial units  for  purposes  of  nego- 
tiation with  employers,  and  thus,  to 
some  extent,  adopts  the  CIO  prin- 
ciples. 

Prior  to  negotiations  under  the 
plan,  the  crafts  sign  an  agreement 
for    joint    settlement    of    demands, 

(Continued  on   Page  4) 


20th-Fox  Proposal  to  Acquire  British 
Studio  Dropped,  Says  Joseph  Schenck 


Athol  Theater  Loses  First 
Round  In  Bank  Night  Fight 

Athol,  Mass.  —  Athol  Selectmen 
won  the  first  tilt  in  a  legal  contro- 
versy over  the  operation  of  the  York 
Theater  when  Judge  George  F. 
Leary  sitting  in  Superior  Court  in 
Worcester,  refused  to  restrain  the 
Selectmen   from   revoking  the   local 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


Twentieth  Century-Fox  will  not 
buy  a  studio  in  England,  as  has 
been  proposed,  and  instead  will  main- 
tain its  present  policy  of  long  term 
leases  on  facilities  used  by  the  com- 
pany's English  production  unit, 
Joseph  M.  Schenck,  board  chairman 
told  The  Film  Daily  yesterday 
when  he  stepped  off  the  Century. 
Schenck  sails  for  Europe  next  Wed- 

( Continued  on  Page  4) 


Equals  $61.09  on  Outstanding 

Preferred,     $4.80     on 

the  Common 

Loew's,  Inc.,  for  the  40  weeks  end- 
ing June  9  last,  reports  a  net  profit 
of  $8,352,675,  equal  to  $61.09  on  the 
outstanding  preferred  and  $4.80  on 
the  average  common.  Net  is  with- 
out provision  for  surtaxes  on  undis- 
tributed profits. 

For  the  comparable  period  a  year 
ago,  the  company's  share  of  the  net 
profit  was  $11,714,722,  equal  to 
$85.68  on  the  preferred  and  $7.07  on 
the  common. 

While  for  the  present  year,  there 
is    a    drop    of    $3,362,047    from    the 

(Continued  on  Page   3) 

MAJORSRAPSYSTENI 
AT  WRITER  ELECTION 


West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Los  Angeles — Dr.  Towne  Nylan- 
der,  regional  director  of  NLRB,  is 
forwarding  his  intermediate  report 
on  the  recent  writers  election  to 
Washington  and  it  will  include  pro- 
tests filed  by  Paramount  and  Twen- 
tieth   Century-Fox. 

Attorneys  for  the  two  companies 
charge  that  their  organizations  were 

(Continued  on  Page  3) 


"Kidnapped"  Squawk  to  FTC 
Originates  with  Exhibitor 

Complaint  on  file  with  the  Federal 
Trade  Commission  charging  Twen- 
tieth Century-Fox  with  misleading 
advertising  and  fraud  in  connec- 
tion with  its  production  of  Robert 
Louis     Stevenson's    story    "Kidnap- 

(Continued  on  Page  3) 


Greyhound  Racing  Gives 

Upstate   Exhibs.   Worry 

Albany  —  Resumption  of  grey- 
hound racing  at  Nassau  Fair 
Grounds,  15  miles  from  here  has 
exhibs.    in    the    Albany,    Troy    and 

(Continued  on   Page  4) 


IKE' 


DAILY 


Saturday,  July  9,  19. 


Vol.  74,  No.  7           Sat.,  July  9,  1938 

10  Cents 

JOHN    W.    ALICOATE 

Publisher 

DONALD    M.    MERSEREAU     :     General 
CHESTER   B.   BAHN     :      :      :      :      : 

Manager 
•    Editor 

Published  daily  except  Sundays  and  Holidays 
at  1501  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y., 
by  Wid's  Films  and  Film  Folk,  Inc.  J.  W. 
Alicoate,  President  and  Publisher;  Don- 
ald M.  Mersereau,  Secretary-Treasurer;  En- 
tered as  second  class  matter,  May  21,  1918, 
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Columbia     Picts.    vtc.   14'/8 

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Loew   6s41ww    100       100       100       +     % 

Para.    B'way   3s55 

Para.     Picts.     6s55.  .  .   94         94         94—1 
Para.  Picts.  cv.  3i/4s47    81         81         81       —     % 

RKO    6s41     70         70         70       —  1 

Warner's    6s39     79%     79 1/4     79l/4  —     % 

NEW   YORK    CURB    MARKET 

Grand   National    7-16         %         3/8_l-16 

Monogram     Picts.      .  .      3  23/4       2%  —     % 

Sonotone   Corp 134       13/4        1%      

Technicolor     22%     20%     21  %  —     1/2 

Trans-Lux     2%       2%       2%      

Universal    Picts 


N.   Y.   OVER-THE-COUNTER   STOCK   MARKET 

Bid      Asked 

Pathe   Film   7   pfd 97 

Fox   Thea.    Bldg.   6%s   1st   36 43/8       5% 

Loew's   Thea.    Bldg.    6s    1st    '47 ....   903/4     92 

Met.  Playhouse,  Inc.  5s  '43 61%     63% 

Roxy  Thea.    Bldg.    6'/4s   1st   '43....   50         52 


Collison  Dead 

West   Coast   Bureau   of   THE   FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood  —  Webster  Collison, 
pioneer  director  and  in  recent  years 
a  trade  paper  representative,  died 
here  this  week. 


•  •      •      UNUSUAL    lobby    display capitalizing    on    the    theater 

manager's  own  vacation has  been  created  by  Kroger  Babb,  ad- 
vertising director  for  the  Chakeres  Theater  Circuit  in  Ohio the  dis- 
play depicts  a  seashore  scene  with  an  actual  blowup  of  the  manager's 

head  used  on  top  of  a  giant  fisherman's  body alongside  the  main 

display  piece  is  a  rack  constructed  of  natural  wood  on  which  four  large 
fish  are  tied,  each  carrying  a  placard  announcing  a  forthcoming  re- 
lease  the   captions   read:   "The  Manager's   Been   Fishing and 

he  has  caught  the  Biggest  Hits  of  the  season coming  soon" 

according  to  the  circuit  managers,  the  display  has  created  more  com- 
ment and  commanded  more  attention  from  patrons  than  any  lobby 
exhibit  they  have  made  in  months 

▼  ▼  T 

•  •      •     NEW  DANCE known  as  "The  Algiers"  will  be 

introduced  by  the  Arthur  Murray  Dance  Studios in  connec- 
tion with   the  release   oj   Walter   W anger's  "Algiers" which 

•premieres  at  the  Music  Hall  on  Thursday the  dance  will  be 

exhibited  by  the  Arthur  Murray  Dancers  on  the  opening  day  in 
the  stage  show 

v  ▼  » 

•  •      •     STAR  Becomes  Pressagent but  only  for  a  week 

Carole  Lombard  has  taken  over  the  job  at  Selznick  International's  news 

bureau and   is   writing   and   planting   copy    not    only    on    her    own 

film,   "Made  for  Each   Other" but   is   turning  out   stories  for  other 

Selznick   players 

T  T  T 

•  •      #     PROUD  DAD meaning  Y.  Frank  Freeman,  vice- 

prexy  oj  Paramount for  Y.  F.  F.  Junior  has  written  "Travel 

— And  Live,"  all  about  a  world  cruise,  published  by  Weidner 

the  22-year-old  youngster  started  on  the  cruise  a  year  ago  after 
graduating  from  Georgia  School  of  Technology 


Gehring  Off  for  Chicago 
to  Talk  Deal  With  B  &  K 


William  C.  Gehring,  central  divi- 
sion sales  manager  for  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox, leaves  tomorrow  for  Chi- 
cago where  he  will  open  negotia- 
tions with  B  &  K  for  the  1938-39 
lineup. 


Best   wishes   from   THE    FILM    DAILY   to 

the       following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY    9 

Claude    Ezell 

Ralph    Wilk 

JULY    10 

Sam    Wood 

Dudley  Murphy 

Joan    Marsh 


Catholic  Women  Want 

Children's  Ban  Kept 

Montreal — The  Central  Women's 
Committee  of  the  Catholic  Women's 
League  of  Quebec  has  appeared  to 
Premier  Maurice  Dupliessis  request- 
ing him  to  maintain  the  provincial 
law  prohibiting  admission  of  chil- 
dren under  16  to  motion  picture  the- 
aters in  Quebec  province,  including 
the  cities  of  Montreal  and  Quebec. 

J.   J.   Strickland   Dead 

San  Antonio — J.  J.  Strickland,  57, 
former  Chief  Counsel  for  Publix 
Theaters,  Inc.,  and  lately  Chief 
Counsel  for  Interstate  Circuit,  Inc., 
died  of  a  heart  attack  at  the  Med- 
ical Surgical  Hospital.  As  State 
Senator,  he  fostered  the  bill,  which 
resulted  in  the  repeal  of  "blue  laws" 
banning  Sunday  films.  A  daughter, 
a  sister,  and  a  brother  survive  him. 


cominc  am  com 


JOSEPH  M.  SCHENCK,  chairman  of  the  20t 
Fox  board,  who  arrived  from  the  Coast  yc 
terday  on  the  Century,  sails  for  Europe  We 
nesday  on   the   Normandie. 

MAURICE     SILVERSTONE,     chairman     of     I 
United    Artists    Executive    Committee    ai^V 
eral    Manager    in    charge    of    World    Afn,i)/*  a 
MRS.     SILVERSTONE     and     their     two     childr; 
arrive   here    Monday   on   the    Normandie. 

ROY   T.    HAINES,    Eastern   and   Canadian   sal; 
manager    for     Warners,     returned     to     his    de 
yesterday   from    a    trip   to    Cincinnati    and    Ric! 
mond. 

W.     A.     SCULLY,     Universale     general     sal 
manager,    left    New   York    this    week    for   a    h  • 
weeks'     tour    of    the    company's    Southern    el 
changes. 

HAROLD  LLOYD  arrives  here  Monday  mon  > 
ing  on  the  Century  to  attend  the  premie  I 
of  his  latest  comedy,  "Professor  Beware,"  whii 
he   made   for   Paramount. 

GEORCE  MACDONALD,  screen  writer,  a 
rives   here   over  the   weekend  for  a   vacation. 

C.  KINC  CHARNEY,  president  of  C.  Kir  I 
Charney,  Inc.,  distributors  of  Agfa  film,  aj 
rives   Monday  for  a  two  weeks'  stay. 

J.   ROBERT   BRODER,   film   attorney,    is  spend 
ing    two    weeks    in    Hollywood    on    a    combine  • 
business    trip    and    vacation. 

W.  H.  EARLES,  manager  of  the  Ross  Feder; 
Seattle  office,  is  spending  a  week's  vacatio 
in   New  York. 

BILL  PHILLIPS,  manager  of  Loew's,  New' 
ark,  N.  J.,  and  MRS.  PHILLIPS,  have  left  f o f 
a    two   weeks'   vacation   in   San   Antonio. 

RICHARD  V.  ANDERSON,  Southern  represen  - 
tative  of  the  United  States  Premium  Corp.' 
and  MRS.  ANDERSON,  leave  this  weekend  fs > 
a   trip   through   the   South. 

RUTH  SCHWERIN,  of  Monogram's  publicity 
department,  leaves  today  for  a  two  weeks 
vacation    in    the   Adirondacks. 

{ 

J.     EDWARD     BROMBERC,     20th-Fox     player 
arrived    on    the    Century    yesterday    for    a    fou    r 
weeks'    vacation. 

PORTER    HALL,    Hollywood    actor,    leaves    foil" 
a    New    York    vacation    as    soon    as    he    finishe: 
work   in   "Men   With   Wings"   for   Paramount.       ,-. 

MINNIE     DUPREE,    actress,     has    returned    tt  - 
New    York    after    completing    a    role    in    "Th« 
Young    In    Heart"   for  Selznick   International.       L 

EDDIE    FORMAN,    writer   for    Warners,    leaves^ 
for  the  Coast  next  week  by  car. 

BOB    HOPE,    Paramount    player,    left    for    the  I- 
Coast    yesterday    after    making    a    p. a.    in    New 
York. 

W.  C.  GEHRING,  central  division  manage 
of   20th-Fox,    leaves   tomorrow   for   Chicago 


Gatti  Shorts  to  Warners 

Commander  Atillio  Gatti,  who 
sailed  on  the  Normandie  for  his 
14th  African  expedition,  will  pro- 
duce a  series  of  shorts  in  the  Bel- 
gian Congo  which  will  be  released 
by  Warners.  Norman  Moray  closed 
the  deal  with  Jacques  Koerpel,  Com- 
mander Gatti's  representative. 


Now  It's  Daddy  Dietz 

Howard    Ditez,    M-G-M's    director 
of  advertising  and  publicity,  became  I 
a  papa  yesterday  when  his  wife,  the  I 
former   Tanis    Guinness,   gave   birth \ 
to  a  six-pound  baby  girl  at  Doctors 
Hospital.      Mother   and   child   doing 
fine.      Ditto   papa. 


2CyCARjf  4S€ 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Tuesday,  July  9, 
1918: 

NEW  YORK — Coldwyn  producing  department 
will   start  westward   about  Aug.   15. 

NEW  YORK— Hunt  Stromberg  has  joined  the 
Coldwyn    publicity   office. 

SEATTLE— W.  F.  Mead  has  been  appointed 
manager   of   Universal's   branch. 

Yes,  20   Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures! 


iturday,  July  9,  1938 


W**.  DAILY 


OEW'S  40  WEEKS  NET 
STANDS  AT  $8,352,675. 


REVIEWS  Of  REUJ  flLfllS 


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miparable  1937  net,  the  1938  earn- 
g  s  are  still  better  by  nearly  a 
illion  dollars  than  the  1936  figure 

.390,495. 
—^  the  40  weeks  ending-  June  9 
lis  year,  the  company's  share  of 
Derating  profit  after  allowance  for 
lbsidiaries'  preferred  dividends 
as  $12,907,877;  depreciation  and 
ixes  deductible  totaled  $4,555,202. 
year  ago,  the  company's  share  of 
perating  profit  stood  at  $17,018,081, 
ith  depreciation  charges  and  taxes 
ggregating  $5,303,359. 
.  Report  was  made  public  last  night 
y  David  Bernstein,  company's  vice- 
irexy   and   treasurer. 


' 


Kidnapped"  Squawk  to  FTC 
Originates  with  Exhibitor 


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ed",  was  instigated  by  an  indepen- 
ent  New  York  State  exhibitor,  The 
;'ilm  Daily  learned  yesterday. 

The  complaint  was  filed  by  Irving 
chneider,  New  York  attorney,  act- 
ig  for  unnamed  clients.  Schneider 
tated  yesterday  that  he  expected 
he  FTC  to  take  some  action  on  the 
•omplaint  within  the  next  30  days. 
Ie  leaves  for  Washington  in  two 
.eeks. 

Complainant  contends  that  the 
icture  in  no  way  resembles  the 
Stevenson  story,  and  that  despite 
he  fact  that  the  screen  credits 
tate  that  the  picture  is  suggested 
nd  based  on  two  novels  by  the  au- 
thor, the  advertising  is  misleading 
nd  fraudulent,  resulting  in  loss  of 
iati'onage. 

A  complaint  of  a  similar  nature 
.as  filed  several  months  ago  against 
irand  National,  charging  that  the 
•icture  "In  His  Steps"  did  not  re- 
emble  the  book. 


Earners  Regional  Bookers 
Meet  at  N.  O.  Ends  Today 

New  Orleans — Warners  two-day 
neetingr  for  its  bookers  and  ad  sales 
lepartment  closes  here  tomorrow. 
The  following  are  attending:  A.  W. 
?chwalberg,  New  York,  superinten- 
ient  of  exchanges;  Stanley  Hatch, 
\Tew    York,    ad    sales;    Mike    Dolid, 

hort  subjects;  Fred  M.  Jack,  south- 

m  district  manager;  Sam  Shapin, 
ilay  date  auditors,  and  the  following 

xchange  members:  Atlanta,  W.  C. 
Tames,  D.  Altermann,  W.  I.  Bryan, 
Cochran;  Charlotte.  C.  Ogburn, 
I.  Johnson.  O.  R.  Gill:  Dallas,  R. 
7.  Litsey.  P.  Morand,  J.  Smith,  W. 
Oowell,  W.  Lowe;  Kansas  City,  M. 
r.  Hogan,  C.  Borg,  H.  C.  Vogelpohl, 
T.  Brennan,  L.  H.  Wilson:  Mem- 
mis,  E.  Doherty,  F.  Norris,  W.  Car- 
penter; Oklahoma  City,  W.  Dolin, 
3.  M.  Peel,  B.  Bloom;  New  Orleans, 
j.  O.  Briant,  F.  A.  Hotard,  R.  A. 
3oykin.    Luke  Conner,  New  Orleans 

xchange    manager,   will   be   host. 


"Little  Miss  Broadway" 

with  Shirley  Temple,  George  Murphy,  Jimmy 
Durante,    Phyllis    Brooks 

20th   Century-Fox  70   Mins. 

(HOLLYWOOD    PREVIEW) 

BOX  OFFICE  NATURAL  LOADED  WITH 
ENTERTAINMENT  AND  REFRESHING 
MATERIAL. 

Shirley  Temple's  newest  offering  is  loaded 
with  entertainment  and  has  much  refresh- 
ing material.  The  little  star  has  never 
danced  better  and  essays  intricate  steps 
like  a  veteran.  Dancing  as  her  partner  is 
capable,  nimbled-footed  George  Murphy. 
Irving  Cummings'  direction  avoids  any  dull 
moments  and  he  has  gained  excellent  per- 
formances from  all  his  principals.  David 
Hempstead  rates  credit  as  associate  pro- 
ducer. Jimmy  Durante  gathers  many  laughs 
with  his  comedy,  while  Edna  Mae  Oliver 
scores  as  a  crusty  landlord,  who  relents  in 
the  end.  George  Barbier,  Edward  Ellis, 
Donald  Meek,  Phyllis  Brooks,  El  Brendel, 
Patricia  Wilder,  Claude  Gillingwater,  Jane 
Darwell  and  Robert  Gleckler  are  among  the 
principals  in  the  splendid  cast.  Walter 
Bullock  and  Harold  Spina  wrote  six  songs 
for  the  picture,  "We  Should  Be  Together" 
and  "Be  Optimistic"  being  the  most  popu- 
lar. Harry  Tugend  and  Jack  Yellen  sup- 
plied the  screenplay,  which  has  some  orig- 
inal touches.  Nick  Castle  and  Geneva 
Sawyer  staged  the  dances.  Edward  Ellis, 
operator  of  a  run-down  hotel  for  vaudevil- 
lians,  adopts  Shirley,  who  is  an  orphan. 
Edna  Mae  Oliver,  who  owns  the  hotel  and 
who  lives  next  door  to  it,  is  annoyed  by 
|  Durante's  band  practicing  in  the  hotel. 
Ellis  owes  $2,500  in  rent  and  is  given  five 
days  in  which  to  pay.  George  Murphy, 
Miss  Oliver's  nephew,  takes  an  interest  in 
Shirley  and  a  decided  interest  in  Phyllis 
Brooks,  Ellis'  daughter.  Donald  Meek,  Miss 
Oliver's  brother,  and  George  Barbier  are 
members  of  an  amateur  quartet,  who  are 
induced  to  rent  a  suite  in  the  hotel  for  a 
year  for  practice  purposes,  and  their  check 
solves  Ellis'  difficulties.  Miss  Oliver,  who 
wants  Shirley  kept  in  an  orphanage,  finally 
relents. 

CAST:  Shirley  Temple,  George  Murphy, 
Jimmy  Durante,  Phyllis  Brooks,  Edna  Mae 
Oliver,  George  Barbier,  Edward  Ellis,  Jane 
Darwell,  El  Brendel,  Donald  Meek,  Patricia 
Wilder,  Claude  Gillingwater,  Sr.,  George 
and  Olive  Brasno,  Charles  Williams,  Charles 
Coleman,  Russell  Hicks,  Brian  Sisters, 
Brewster  Twins,  Claire  DuBrey,  Robert 
Gleckler,  C.  Montague  Shaw,  Frank  Dae, 
Clarence  Hummel  Wilson,  Eddie  Collins, 
Syd  Saylor,  Jerry  Colonna,  Heinie  Conklin, 
Ben  Welden. 

CREDITS:  Darryl  F.  Zanuck  in  charge 
of  Production;  Associate  Producer,  David 
Hempstead;  Director,  Irving  Cummings; 
Screenplay,  Harry  Tugend,  Jack  Yellen; 
Cameraman,  Arthur  Miller;  Art  Directors, 
Bernard  Herzbrun,  "Hans  Peters;  Editor, 
Walter  Thompson;  Music  and  Lyrics,  Wal- 
ter Bullock  and  Harold  Spina;  Dances 
staged  by  Nick  Castle  and  Geneva  Sawyer; 
Sound,  George  Leverett,  Roger  Hemen; 
Musical  Director,  Louis  Silvers. 

DIRECTION,  Swell.  PHOTOGRAPHY, 
Splendid. 


"Invitation  to  the 
Waltz" 

with   Lillian   Harvey,   Carl   Esmond, 
Harold  Warrender 
J.   H.    Hoffberg  Co.  78   Mins. 

GAY  AND  CHARMING  PICTURE  PRO- 
VIDES AN  AIRY  ENTERTAINMENT 
VALUE. 

Gayly  romantic  and  completely  frivolous, 
with  lilting  music  and  brilliant  uniforms, 
this  new  English  picture  provides  an  engag- 
ing bit  of  a  screenfare.  The  charming  Lil- 
lian Harvey  has  an  opportunity  to  dance 
and  caper  through  the  film,  and  her  sup- 
porting cast  carries  out  each  assign- 
ment with  dispatch.  Carl  Esmond,  as  her 
lover,  and  Harold  Warrender,  as  the  vil- 
lainous and  somewhat  lecherous  Duke  of 
Wurtemberg,  are  both  topnotch.  The  story 
is  light  in  dramatic  value  and  it  has  been 
spun  to  provide  Miss  Harvey  with  a  gay 
and  romantic  background.  She  is  an  ac- 
tress in  London,  and  progresses  from  there 
through  several  European  capitals.  Finally, 
she  enters  an  intrigue  to  bankrupt  the 
Duke  for  the  sake  of  England,  and  Napol- 
eon arrives  just  in  time  to  save  her  from 
the  villainous  Duke.  Napoleon  dispatches 
her  and  her  lover  to  another  Duchy  where 
they  will  ostensibly  spend  the  rest  of  their 
lives  waltzing  and   drinking  champagne. 

CAST:  Lillian  Harvey,  Carl  Esmond,  Har- 
old Warrender,  Richard  Bird,  Esme  Percy, 
Anton  Dolin,  Hal  Petrie. 

CREDITS:  Produced  by  Alliance  Films; 
Director,  Paul  Merzbach;  Original  Story, 
Holt    Marvell;    Screenplay,    Paul    Merzbach. 

DIRECTION,  Good.  PHOTOGRAPHY, 
Good. 


Mono.'s  Five  for  July 

Sets  Production  High 

West    Coast    Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood — Five  films  will  be  in 
work  during  July  at  Monogram's 
West  Coast  studios,  according  to 
Scott  R.  Dunlap,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  production.  This  figure  in 
production  reaches  a  new  high  for 
Monogram  since  its  re-entry  in  the 
motion  picture  field. 

"The  Circus  Comes  to  Town"  is 
now  shooting  with  Karl  Brown  di- 
recting. "Wanted  by  the  Police,"  the 
first  Frankie  Darro  starrer,  will 
face  the  cameras  July  17  with  How- 
ard Bretherton  directing.  Jack  Ran- 
dall's next  western  will  start  July 
15  while  the  first  Tex  Ritter  musical 
outdoor  drama  is  scheduled  for 
July  17. 

E.  B.  Deri's  "Gang  Bullets"  will 
start  the  last  of  the  month. 

Two  pictures  are  in  the  cutting 
room:  "Barefoot  Boy,"  with  Jackie 
Moran,  Marcia  Mae  Jones,  Ralph 
Morgan  and  Claire  Windsor;  and 
"Man's  Country,"  a  Jack  Randall 
western. 


Roush  to  Start  Short 

Leslie  Roush  starts  another  of  the 
Paramount  band  series  on  July  13 
at  Eastern  Service  studios  featuring 
Clyde  Lucas  and  his  orchestra.  Jus- 
tin Herman   did   the   screenplay. 


SCOPE  OF  MONOPOLY 
PROBE  COMPREHENSIVE 


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C.  O'Mahoney,  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee: 

Justice  Department  will  delve  into 
industrial  combinations  and  mergers 
as  well  as  price  policies  in  indus- 
tries. 

SEC  will  inquire  into  corporation 
cowers  and  structures,  including 
financial  control  which  may  be  held 
by  large  financial  institutions. 

FTC  will  expose  industrial  pro- 
duction and  distribution. 

Treasury  will  study  anti-trust 
laws  here  and  abroad.  Herman  Oli- 
phant,  Treasury  general  counsel  and 
committee  member,  is  said  to  be 
primarily  interested  in  this  subject. 
There  is  one  school  that  believes 
the  anti-trust  laws  should  be 
strengthened  through  the  taxing 
power  of  the  federal  government. 

Commerce  Dept.  will  study  NRA 
files  which  have  been  turned  over 
to  it  and  would  also  look  into  var- 
ious industrial  groups  and  analyze 
results  of  various  work  which  has 
been  undertaken  by  the  census  bu- 
reau. 

Labor  Dept.  will  consider  the  ef- 
fect of  mergers  and  price  policies 
in  industry  on  labor  and  wages. 

A  committee  sub-group  will  have 
authority  to  issue'  subpoenas  for  in- 
formation at  the  request  of  such 
departments  as  now  lack  that  au- 
thority. 

It  is  pointed  out  in  industry  cir- 
cles here  that  regardless  of  whether 
the  committee  accedes  to  Allied's  re- 
quest, the  findings  of  the  committee 
undoubtedly  will  be  of  direct  con- 
cern to  industry  affiliates. 


Majors  Rap  System 

At  Writer  Election 


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denied  rights  under  the  Federal  con- 
stitution, inasmuch  as  they  were  not 
permitted  to  examine  voters  who 
claimed  to  be  employed  in  their 
studios.  They  contended  that  under 
the  system  used  at  election  almost 
anyone  could  have  qualified  as  a 
voter  while  the  employer  was  pre- 
vented from  having  any  say  what- 
ever. 

Washington  will  consider  the  pro- 
tests and,  if  considering  them  valid, 
will  call  a  hearing  to  decide  whether 
election  was  conducted  properly.  If 
the  NLRB  certifies  the  Screen  Wri- 
ters Guild  as  the  sole  bargaining 
agency  and  if  producers  refuse  to 
recognize  the  Guild,  the  Guild  would 
file  charges  with  the  NLRB  asking 
that  producers  be  forced  to  bargain 
with    it. 


WEDDING  BELLS 


West    Coast    Bureau    of    THE    FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood  — ■  Marriage  of  Hum- 
phrey Bogart  and  Mayo  Methot  is 
set  for  Aug.  11. 


W'\  DAILY 


Saturday,  July  9,  193!' 


20TH-F0X  NOT  TO 
BUY  BRITISH  STUDIO 


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nesday  on  the  Normandie.  His 
brother  Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  pres- 
ident of  Loew's,  was  at  the  station 
to  greet  him. 

When  asked  if  the  company  con- 
templated any  additional  budget  in- 
creases over  the  original  advance 
announced  earlier  this  year,  Schenck 
said  none  was  contemplated.  He 
pointed  out  that  the  company  was 
already  assured  the  finest  product 
lineup  in  its  history,  with  the  great- 
est number  of  big  productions  ever 
undertaken.  Schenck  expressed 
satisfaction  with  the  rapid  strides 
being  made  by  the  studio  in  lining 
up  next  season's  product  well  in  ad- 
vance of  release  dates. 

The  exec,  expects  to  stay  in  Eu- 
rope five  or  six  weeks.  He  will 
hold  several  conferences  with  Dar- 
ryl  F.  Zanuck,  production  head  of 
the  company,  who  is  now  abroad, 
before  Zanuck  sails  for  home  the  lat- 
ter part  of  this  month.  Joseph  H. 
Moscowitz,  home  office  representa- 
tive of  the  studio,  is  now  in  Europe, 
and  will  remain  there  until  the  time 
Zanuck  leaves,  according  to  present 
plans,  it  was  stated. 


Canadian  Summer  Resorts 
Showing  16  mm.  Features 

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recently  launched  by  the  Oscar  Han- 
son interests  to  distribute  16  mm. 
product,  J.  I.  Foy  told  The  Film 
Daily  that  its  program  was  "prog- 
ressing well". 

Asked  if  Sovereign  would  distrib- 
ute British  product  as  well  as  Amer- 
ican films,  Foy  replied  that  no  state- 
ment was  possible  at  the  present 
time. 

Circular  Check  Night 

Added  to  Games  Roster 


St.  Louis,  Mo. — A  new  box-office 
shot-in-the-arm  has  been  launched 
here  by  Elmer  G.  Brown  &  Co.,  with 
offices  in  Suite  810,  Title  Guaranty 
Building. 

George  E.  "Dad"  McKean,  who 
former'y  represented  Bank  Night,  is 
the  general  sales  manager  for  the 
new  concern. 

New  scheme  is  called  Circular 
Check  Night  or  Circular  Check 
Week,  depending  upon  just  how  the 
exhibitor  wants  to  use  it.  Under 
the  arrangement  if  the  patron  pur- 
chases an  admission  ticket  with,  a 
number  corresponding  to  the  num- 
ber on  the  ticket  previously  distrib- 
uted by  the  theater  he  is  then  eligi- 
ble to  compete  for  the  prize  being 
offered  by  the  theater  for  the  cor- 
rect answers  to  a  series  of  five 
questions  asked  about  the  principal 
feature  picture  current  on  the  night 
that  the  prize  is  to  be  awarded. 


VI6UJS  Of  TH6  DAY 


Charlottesville,  Va. — Hunter  Per- 
ry, president,  Dominion  Theaters,  has 
announced  that  the  company's  new 
house  here  will  open  the  middle  of 
July. 


Chicago — The  Rialto  Theater  Corp. 
has  been  organized  by  A.  Lerman, 
L.  Goldman  and  R.  M.  Schwartzberg 
with  offices  at  160  N.  La  Salle  St. 


Richmond,  Va.— The  State  Cor- 
poration Commission  has  issued  a 
charter  to  Amelia  Theaters,  Inc. 
with  maximum  capital  of  $50,000.  N. 
E.  Martin,  of  Richmond  is  president. 


Chicago— About  $25,000  will  be 
spent  on  the  Rivoli  theater  at  4380 
Elston  Ave.  by  the  Pix  Amusement 
Corp.  recently  organized  to  take 
over  the  house.  S.  M.  Meltzer  and 
Harry  Gordon  are  principals. 


Rockford,  111. — Edward  Maynard 
has  been  named  manager  of  the  new 
Times  theater  recently  opened  by  the 
Van  Willard  Metre  interests  and  op- 
erated by  the  Great  States  circuit. 


Cincinnati — Mrs.  Mamie  Boschian, 
English,  W.  Va.  merchant  is  opening 
a  theater  in  that  town  in  mid-July. 


New  Orleans — Newest  of  this 
city's  negro  houses  has  opened  under 
the  management  of  the  Paul  Brunet 
interests.  Known  as  the  Jolly,  it  is 
located  in  the  same  zone  as  the 
United  Theaters'  Isis  and  Granada, 
both  of  which  have  negro  balconies. 


Yazco  City,  Miss. — The  Dixie, 
latest  theater  in  the  Dixie  Amuse- 
ment Company's  circuit,  is  to  open 
here  shortly.  Town  is  already  served 
by  two  theaters- — the  Yazoo  and  the 
DeVoto,  operated  by  Mrs.  J.  B.  De- 
Voto.   The  town's  population  is  8,000. 


Pensacola,  Fla. — C.  F.  Vucovich, 
former  manager  of  the  Orte  Bel- 
mont theater  here,  is  looking  for 
product  for  a  new  house  he  plans  to 
open  in  the  neighborhood  shortly. 
This  will  give  Pensacola,  with  a  pop- 
ulation of  approximately  40,000, 
three  Saenger  Theaters  and  two  Orte 
houses. 


Films  to  be  Unaffected  U. 

By  New  A  F  of  L  Program 


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with  provisions  for  working  hours, 
overtime,  holidays,  etc.,  largely 
standardized  and  arbitration  uni- 
formly provided  for. 

IATSE,  which  would  be  primarily 
concerned  were  the  plan  to  be  intro- 
duced in  the  film  industry,  sees 
slight  chance  of  that  eventuality,  it 
is  said.  One  obstacle  is  the  IA's 
present  autonomous  form  of  gov- 
ernment, which  assures  each  local 
union  freedom  of  action. 

Should  the  plan  be  adopted  in  the 
pix  theater  field,  for  instance,  it  is 
pointed  out  that  the  IA  locals  not 
only  would  be  called  upon  to  waive 
autonomy,  but  might  find  them- 
selves linked  with  the  A  F  of  M, 
the  TMAT,  the  Building  Service  In- 
ternational Union  and  others  in  unit 
negotiations. 


Greyhound  Racing  Gives 

Upstate  Exhibs.  Worry 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

Schenectady  area  worried.  The  dog 
races  were  closed  last  year  by  Gov. 
Lehman's  orders  prohibiting  racing. 
Exhibs.  plan  no  action  but  it  is 
expected  authorities  will  step  in. 

March,  Bennett  in  Garnett 
"Trade  Winds"  for  Wanger 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  Walter  Wanger  an- 
nounced yesterday  that  "Trade 
Winds,"  a  Tay  Garnett  production, 
co-starring  Fredric  March  and  Joan 
Bennett,  has  been  added  to  his  UA 
program  for  the  current  film  sea- 
son. Garnett  will  direct  the  pro- 
duction which  is  slated  for  the  cam- 
eras soon. 


S.  Pix  Supremacy 

Poland   Continues 


En 


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168  features  and  153  shorts;  the 
domestic  lineup  embraced  26  fea- 
tures, the  remainder  being  of  vary- 
ing lengths. 

French  and  German  feature  im- 
ports ran  second  to  the  American, 
with  29  passed;  British  pix  okayed 
totaled  14,  Austrian,  13,  while  Italy 
was  represented  by  three.  Five 
American  pix,  including  two  shorts, 
were  rejected  by  the  censors,  who 
also  nixed  two  French  and  one  Eng- 
lish film.  One  of  the  U.  S.  rejects 
was   the   Panay   sinking   subject. 

During  1937,  287  features  were 
exhibited  in  Polish  film  theaters, 
58.5  per  cent  being  of  American 
origin,  it  is  reported. 


Jessel  to  Star  in  Six 

for  Standard  Pictures 


West    Coast   Bureau   of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood  —  Standard  Pictures, 
Inc.,  is  now  doing  a  series  of  six 
mystery  pictures  which  will  star 
George  Jessel.  The  first  is  now  being 
prepared  and  is  titled  "20,000,000 
Witnesses."  Nicholas  Bela  is  writ- 
ing the  screenplay  and  Chris  Bente 
will  direct.  Production  will  be  at 
Grand  National  and  Standard  Pic- 
tures Distributing  Corp.  will  handle 
them  through  the  independent  ex- 
changes. A  second  series  will  be 
made  by  Standard  which  will  be 
called  "The  Hadleys."  The  pictures 
will  be  based  on  the  characters  in 
the  play,  "Among  Those  Present," 
which  ran  on  Broadway  a  few  years 
ago. 


DOLL  UP,  DON'T  GUT, 
ADVISES  WEHRENBERG 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

cutting  of  admission  prices  wil 
avail  us  nothing.  One  Exhibito: 
cuts,  his  competitor  follows  suit  an< 
the  momentary  advantage  thafi^GSn 
first  Theater  owner  had,  whcM'Jd 
his  prices,  vanished  for  the  reasor 
that  he  really  had  no  advantage 
over  his  competitor  and  the  first 
thing  we  know  all  the  theaters  in 
the  entire  city  will  be  having  15c 
and  10c  adult  admission  prices. 

"We  must  realize  that  our  busi- 
ness is  no  different  than  any  othei 
business.  Take  for  instance  the. 
Milliners,  they  have  their  season, 
the  dry  goods  man,  etc.  When  sum- 
mer comes  along  we  slump,  thei 
poor  pictures  that  are  now  being 
delivered  by  the  film  companies  and 
the  outdoor  amusements  that  take 
the  people  away  from  theaters,  all' 
contribute.  What  the  ex- 
hibitor must  do  is  to  doll  up  his 
theater,  in  place  of  cutting  his; 
prices  of  admission  and  use  every 
means  at  his  command  to  try  to 
keep  his  head  above  water  during 
this  off  season  period. 

"If  we  are  not  careful  the  City  of 
St.  Louis  will  be  in  the  same  situa- 
tion as  Kansas  City,  where  the  top 
price  at  first  runs  is  25c  and  the 
top  price  at  the  neighborhood  thea- 
ters is  15c  with  give-aways  and  two 
and  three  features. 

"So  exhibitors  think  twice  before 
cutting  your  prices  of  admission." 


Athol  Theater  Loses  First 
Round  In  Bank  Night  Fight 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

theater's  amusement  license  for  de- 
clining to  discontinue  Bank  Night. 

Judge  Leary  denied  the  motion, 
filed  in  a  bill  of  equity  and  ap- 
pointed as  master,  Attorney  Emil 
Zaeder,  of  Worcester,  who  will  start 
hearing  the  case  Monday. 

The  controversy  between  the  the- 
ater management  and  the  selectmen 
has  spread  over  several  weeks,  and 
there  have  been  several  lengthy 
hearings.  Bank  Night  was  operated 
here  all  last  year  and  beano  parties 
were  conducted  during  the  winter 
months.  This  spring  the  selectmen 
refused  to  grant  further  licenses  for 
beano. 


:: 


; 


Liquidation  of  Allied  Pix 
to  be  Undertaken  by  MPICA 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

in  litigation  for  the  last  four  years, 
has  23  pictures  on  hand,  several  of 
which  have  not  been  released.  Some 
of  the  product,  Richmond  said,  will 
be  converted  into  16  mm.  versions 
and  others  will  be  sold  to  foreign 
markets. 

A  majority  of  the  Allied  pictures 
will  be  re-issued,  two  of  which  are 
"Vanity  Fair,"  with  Myrna  Loy,  and 
"A  Shriek  in  the  Night,"  featuring 
Ginger  Rogers. 


■. 


Intimate  in  Character 
!  International  in  Scope 
Independent    in    Thought 


•    **:iwiovk 


The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now  Twenty  Years  Old 


- 


^5  74. 


NO.  8 


NEW  YORK.  MONDAY,  JULY  11.  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


Zanuck  Asks  Exhib.  Appreciation  of  Big  Films'  Value 

iXHIBS. JAY  GET  DISTfT  PROPOSALS  THIS  WEEK 

Modern  Neighborhood  Houses  Held  New  Orleans1  Need 


•0,000     Seats     Available     to 
Accommodate  Population 
of  500,000 

By  WILLIAM  SPECHT 

FILM  DAILY  Staff  Correspondent 
I  New   Orleans — Neighborhood   the- 
ters    that    are    modern    and    con- 
tracted  for   sound   films   represent 
nis  city's  greatest  need  in  the  mo- 
ion  picture  field  at  present. 
With  over  50,000  seats  to  care  for 
population  of  approximately  500,- 
00,  there  is  generally,  no  overseat- 
ng  problem,  though  there  seems  to 
le    some    difference    of    opinion    as 
o  whether  the  first  run  down  town 

(Continued  on  Page  8) 


%  H.  FELD  JOINS  "U" 
AS  EXECUTIVE  ASS'T 


Hollywood — Milton  H.  Feld  joins 
Universal  as  an  executive  assistant, 
j.vorking  with  Cliff  Work  and  Matty 
jFox.  For  past  two-and-half  years, 
•Feld  was  with  20th  Century-Fox, 
'first  as  a  member  of  Darryl  F.  Zan- 
'uck's  staff  and  later  as  a  producer. 
Prior  to  that  Feld  was  director  of 
theater  operations  for  Publix  Cir- 
cuit, with  headquarters  in  New  York 
for  12  years. 


Local  1,  Stage  Hands,  Will 
Talk  Contract  Terms  Today 

With  the  way  paved  at  a  prelimin- 
ary meeting  last  week,  representa- 
'tives  of  Local  1,  stage  hands  union, 
will  meet  with  Major  L.  E.  Thomp- 
son  today   to   negotiate    a    contract 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


Talkies  Defined 

Detroit — Prosecuting  Attorney  Duncan 
C.  McCrea  described  talking  pictures 
as  "storms  at  sea,  battle,  and  mob 
scenes,  accompanied  by  weird  and  dia- 
bolical noises,"  in  a  petition  for  in- 
junction just  filed  against  the  Drive-In 
Theater,  characterizing  it  as  too  noisy 
for   the   neighbors. 


Production  Climbs,  With  50  in  Worh 

West   Coast   Bureau   of   THE   FILM   DAILY 
Hollywood — The    number    of    pictures    before    Hollywood    cameras    totals    50.      20th 
Century-Fox     making     10,     Paramount     nine,     Warner     Bros.     six.       M-C-M,     RKO     and 
Columbia   five   each.      Universal    is   producing   four   and    Republic   two.      Goldwyn,    Roach, 
Monogram   and   Sherman  are  down   for  one  each. 


FARNOL,  UA  AD  HEAD    PARA.  PLANNING  SIX 
UNDER  LARGER  SETUP    "DOUBLE  QUOTA"  PIX 


In  an  expansion  of  United  Artists' 
advertising,  exploitation  and  publicity 
department,  Lynn  Farnol  becomes 
director  of  advertising  and  publicity 
while  Monroe  Greenthal  hereafter 
will  function  as  exploitation  director 

(Continued  on  Page   4) 


Paramount's  English  production 
plans  call  for  approximately  six  pic- 
tures, or  12  "credits"  under  the  mul- 
tiple quota  regulations  during  the 
first  year,  it  was  said  Saturday  by 
John  W.  Hicks,  head  of  Paramount's 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


THE  WEEK  IN  REVIEW 

No  Summer   Pix   Shortage — Kennedy's   Warning 


By  HOLLIS  KENNAHAN 


DOMESTIC 

Talk  of  a  possible  film  shortage 
during  the  summer  was  checked  last 
week  when  a  survey  by  The  Film 
Daily  showed  that  there  would  be  76 
feature  pictures  released  during  the 
months  of  July  and  August. 
*         *         * 

Most  important  Washington  news 

(Continued 


FOREIGN 

Foreign  news  was  featured  by  a 
warning  from  Joseph  P.  Kennedy, 
ambassador  to  Great  Britain  and 
former  film  exec,  that  American 
support  of  English  pix  was  essential. 
Kennedy  spoke  at  a  London  farewell 
luncheon  for  Maurice  Silverstone, 
United  Artists  general  manager  in 
on   Page  8) 


Studios  Alone  Can  t  Build  Business, 
Warns  20th-Fox  Production  Executive 


Suit  Draws  Line  Between 

Artist's  Manager,  Agent 

A  distinct  line  between  the  duties 
of  an  artist's  manager  and  an  agent 
has  been  drawn  as  the  result  of  the 
recent  suit  brought  by  Shepard 
Traube  against  Frances  Farmer  for 
alleged  commissions  due,  it  was 
pointed  out  by  Louis  Nizer,  counsel 
for  Miss  Farmer.    Traube  last  week 

(Continued  on  Page  9) 


Paris  (By  Cable)  —  Exhibs. 
"should  make  more  of  an  effort  to 
keep  pace  with  Hollywood's  sincere 
appreciation  of  the  value  of  big 
pictures." 

So  thinks  Darryl  F.  Zanuck,  20th 
Fox  production  chief,  now  vacation- 
ing on  this  side,  who  sees  1938-39 
as  the  greatest  year  in  the  indus- 
try's history  for  the  practice  of  vig- 
orous  showmanship. 

Zanuck,    eyeing    the    Continental 

(Continued  on  Page  10) 


as 


Definite     Plan     Reported 
Taking  Shape  at 
Execs.'  Parleys 

By  AL  STEEN 
FILM  DAILY  Staff  Writer 
Major  distributors'  trade  practice 
committee  may  have  a  definite  plan 
to  submit  to  exhibitors  this  week, 
it  was  learned  from  a  reliable  source 
over  the  week-end.  The  committee, 
headed  by  Sidney  R.  Kent,  with 
Nicholas  M.  Schenck  and  Leo  Spitz 
as  alternates,  reportedly  has  been 
holding   meetings    every   day    in   an 

(Continued  on  Page  9) 

URGES  PATENTUSE 
BE  FORGED  BY  LAW 


Washington    Bureau    of    THE   FILM   DAILY 

Washington  —  The  National  Eco- 
nomic Committee,  charged  with 
monopoly  investigation,  will  make 
patents  and  patent  pools  a  major 
subject  for  study,   it  was  indicated 

(Continued  on  Page  10) 


G-B  Setting  Deal  With  U.  S. 
Firm  to  Handle  School  Pix 


With  several  deals  pending,  it  is 
possible  that  Gaumont  British  will 
close  within  the  next  week  for  na- 
tion-wide  distribution    of   its   visual 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


"Marie  Antoinette9' 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  The  return  of  Norma 
Shearer  to  the  screen  in  Metro's  "Marie 
Antoinette"  is  marked  by  her  splendid 
acting  and  beauty.  The  production  is 
lavish,  the  sets  and  costumes  being  eye 
filling.  The  acting  is  superb  with  Ty- 
rone Power,  Robert  Morley,  Joseph 
Schildkraut,  John  Barrymore  and  Gladys 
George  doing  fine  supporting  work.  W. 
S.  Van  Dyke's  direction  is  brilliant, 
while  Hunt  Stromberg  rates  generous 
credit  as  producer.  The  downfall  of 
the  French  monarchy  and  events  leading 
to  the  revolution  are  stirringly  pictur- 
ized.  Picture  at  its  world  premiere  at 
the  Carthay  Circle,  was  received  with 
marked    enthusiasm. 

— WILK. 


W  "\  DAILY 


Monday,  July  11,  193?; 


Vol.  74,  N 

3.8          Mon.,Julyll 

1938 

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Sonotone    Corp 

Technicolor     22 1/4     21%     21%   +     % 

Trans-Lux     

Universal    Picts 

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Bid      Asked 

Pathe   Film   7   pfd 97 

Fox    Thea.    Bldg.    6  Vis    1st    '36 

Loew's   Thea.    Bldg.    6s    1st    '47 

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H  The  Broadway  Parade  H 

Picture    and    Distributor  Theater 

Tropic    Holiday    ( Paramount    Pictures) Paramount 

Fast    Company     ( Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Rialto 

Rose   of    the    Rio    Grande    ( Monogram) Criterion 

We're   Going   to   Be   Rich    (20th   Century-Fox) Globe 

My  Bill    (Warner   Bros.)    Strand 

Shopworn    Angel     ( Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Capitol 

The    Rage    of    Paris    (Universal) Roxy 

Having  Wonderful  Time    (RKO   Radio   Pictures) Music   Hall 

Delinquent    Parents     (Progressive    Pictures) Gaiety 

Josette     (20th    Century-Fox)      (a-b) Palace 

Always    Goodbye    (20th    Century-Fox)     (a-b) Palace 

Riders  of  the   Black   Hills    (Republic)    (a) Central 

I    Married   a   Spy    (Grand   National)    (a) Central 

Three   on   a   Weekend    (Caumont   British) Little   Carnegie 

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Pugachev    (Amkino)    2nd   week Cameo 

Generals    Without    Buttons     (Mayer-Burstyn)     (a) World 

Mayerling    (Pax    Films)     (a-b) World 

Un   Carnet  de   Bal    (Rogers-Krellberg) — 16th   week Belmont 

A   different   foreign    daily Cinema    de    Paris 

♦    FUTURE  OPENINGS    ♦ 

Frison    Break     (Universal)     July    13 Rialto 

Professor    Beware     (Paramount    Pictures) — July    13 Paramount 

Marriage    Forbidden    (Grand    National) — July    15 Criterion 

Cowboy    From    Brooklyn    (Warner    Bros.) — July    13 Strand 

Port  of  Seven   Seas    (Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer)    (c) Capitol 

I'll    Give   a    Million    (20th    Century-Fox) — July    15 Roxy 

Algiers    (United    Artists)— July    14 Music    Hall 

(a)    Dual    bill.  (b)   Subsequent   run.         (c)   Follows    current   attraction. 


Warners  Set  1938-39  Pix 
Deal  With  Kincey  Circuit 


Warners'  complete  lineup  of  fea- 
tures, shorts  and  trailers  will  play 
the  67  theaters  of  the  Kincey  Cir- 
cuit in  North  and  South  Carolina, 
according  to  the  terms  of  a  deal  just 
consummated,  Gradwell  L.  Sears, 
company's  general  sales  manager, 
announced   Saturday. 

The  deal  was  closed  by  Ben  Kal- 
menson,  Southern  and  Western  sales 
manager;  Fred  Jack,  Southern  dis- 
trict manager,  and  Branch  Man- 
agers Ralph  McCoy  and  John  A. 
Bachman  acting  for  the  distributors 
and  Mike  Kincey,  representing  the 
circuit. 


WB  Bookers  End  Meet 

New  Orleans — First  of  four  re- 
gional meetings  scheduled  for  War- 
ners bookers  and  ad  salesmen  closed 
here  yesterday  at  the  Roosevelt 
Hotel.  Attending  the  two-day  ses- 
sion from  the  home  office  were — A. 
W.  Schwalberg,  supervisor  of  ex- 
changes, who  was  in  charge  of  the 
meeting;  Stanley  W.  Hatch,  adver- 
tising accessories  sales  manager; 
and  I.  F.  Dolid,  assistant  to  Norman 
H.  Moray,  Vitaphone  short  subjects 
sales  manager.  The  three  home 
office  men  left  for  San  Francisco 
last  night,  where  the  second  region- 
al meeting  will  be  held  this  week- 
end. 


ICL  Going  on  Block 

W est  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — International  Cinema 
Laboratories  is  to  be  sold  at  auction 
July  29  in  the  offices  of  Referee  in 
Bankruptcy  F.  W.  McNabb.  The 
company  was  petitioned  into  77B  by 
its  creditors. 


Headliners'  Club  Awards 
Bestowed  on  Alley,  Wong 

Universal's  Norman  Alley  won 
the  National  Headliners'  Club  award 
for  making  the  outstanding  picture 
of  a  foreign  news  event  when  he 
photographed  the  Panay  bombing. 
The  prizes  were  announced  last 
night  in  Atlantic  City  by  Jack  Price, 
of  Editor  and  Publisher,  chairman 
of  the  Club's  Award  Committee. 
Norman  Alley  is  at  present  covering 
the  West  Coast  for  Universal. 

Silver  plaque  symbolic  of  the 
award  will  be  presented  at  the  At- 
lantic City  Press  Club's  annual  ban- 
quet in  Atlantic  City  next  Saturday 
night. 

Other  awards  made  include  one 
to  H.  S.  "Newsreel"  Wong  of  Hearst 
News  of  the  Day  for  the  best  news 
photo. 


Brecher  and  Trans-Lux 

Will  Jointly  Operate 


Effective  Friday  the  Trans-Lux 
85th  St.  and  Madison  Ave.  theater 
and  the  Trans-Lux  52nd  St.  and  Lex- 
ington Ave.  theater  and  the  Plaza 
theater  at  58th  St.  will  be  under  the 
joint  operation  of  Trans-Lux  and 
Leo  Brecher. 


Co-op  Theaters  of  Ohio 

Will  Elect  Tomorrow 


Cleveland — Cooperative  Theaters 
of  Ohio,  Inc.,  recently  formed  by 
Milton  A.  Mooney,  will  hold  the  first 
meeting  of  its  members  tomorrow  at 
2  P.  M.  in  the  Co-op  offices  of  the 
Film  Bldg.  Purpose  of  the  meeting  is 
to  elect  officers.  It  is  expected  that 
all  46  members  will  attend. 


comiriG  add  come 


MAURICE   SILVERSTONE,    UA   executive    com  I 
mittee     chairman,     arrives     on     the     Normandi 
today. 

Other     Normandie     arrivals     include     HARR 
RICHMAN      and      MRS.      RICHMAN,      MARCO! 
GRAHAME,     ERIC     POMMER    and     MRS. 
MER. 

EMIL   K.    ELLIS,   film   attorney,   arrives   on   th 
Coast   today. 

CARL  LOUIS  GREGORY,  motion  picture  enl 
gineer  who  was  in  town  for  a  few  days,  re  ( 
turned    to    Washington    Saturday. 

BILL  GALLIGAN,  manager  of  the  Esquire  o| 
the   Balaban   circuit,   is   vacationing   in   the   Eastl 

RAY  FOSTER,  Brooklyn  Vitaphone  cameraman 
has    arrived    in    Hollywood. 

EDWARD  SCHENCK  will  sail  for  Europe  Wed 
nesday    on    the    Normandie. 

IRWIN  ZELTNER,  Loew  newspaper  contac 
and  publicity  director  of  the  State,  leaves  to- 
day for  a  four-week  leave  of  absence  trip  tc 
Little    Rock   and   Hollywood. 

JOE  ORLANDO,  former  booking  agent  anc 
artists  representative,  is  in  town  to  considet 
several    new    offers. 

EDWARD  J.  TOMNEY,  of  the  Carrier  Corp. 
arrived   from    Curacao   on    the   Santa    Rosa. 

WERNER  FUETTERER,  German  actor,  sailec  I 
on    the    Europa    Friday    night. 

MADGE  EVANS,  M-G-M  star,  arrived  fromj 
the  Coast  Saturday  to  play  with  a  stock  com-( 
pany  during  the  summer. 

EDWARD    EVERETT    HORTON    left    the    Coast' 
Saturday   by   car  for   New   York.      He    is   accom- 
panied   by    his    mother    and    his    brother. 


Mahin,  All  Other  Officers 

Are  Re-designated  by  SPt; 


West   Coast  Bureau  of   THE  FILM  DAIL} 

Los  Angeles — Screen  Playwrights! 
reelected  all  officers  and  members  of] 
the    Board    of    Directors,    including 
John  Lee  Mahin,  president;  Williamrj 
Conselman,  and  Beth  Meredith,  vice- 
presidents;  Bert  Kalmar,  secretary;^ 
Walter  DeLeon,  treasurer;  Waldmar 
Young,  Grover  Jones,  Casey  Robin-jj 
son,  Howard  Emmet  Rogers,  RupertJ 
Hughes,  Rian  James  and  Patterson"] 
McNutt,  directors. 

Members  of  Playwrights  still  main- 
tain that  the  NLRB  has  no  jurisdic- 
tion over  writers  and  that  the  SP'sf 
contract  with  producers  is  valid. 


Theatre   Manager 
At  Liberty 

Thirty  years  experience  as  owner  and  man- 
ager of  many  theatres.  Know  the  moving 
picture  business  from  A  to  Z  never  had 
a  failure.  A  business  producer;  have  forced 
circuits  to  buy  me  out  on  four  different 
occasions.  Salary  no  object  (have  made 
a  lot  of  money  and  still  got  it)  cannot 
kill  eighteen  hours  a  day  doing  nothing, 
want  a  tough  proposition  or  would  con- 
sider buying,  leasing  or  partnership — 
Address  P.  O.  Box  293,  Rehoboth  Beach, 
Delaware. 


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ROLD  LLOYD  in"Prbfessor  Beware' 


Y  CITY  COMIC  STRIP  CAMPAIGN... 

mount  comes  through  with  a  new  idea 
wnic  strip  advertising  in  key  cities  from 
ast  to  coast.  Full  page  ads  in  many  spots 
full  color  will  get  the  comic  strip  millions 
cited  about  Harold's  hilarious  hit. 


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DAILY 


Monday,  July  11,  193 


FARNOL,  UA  AD  HEAD 

UNDER  LARGER  SETUP 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

and  will  be  additionally  in  charge  of 
trade  paper  advertising. 

Farnol,  formerly  press  represen- 
tative for  Samuel  Goldwyn,  comes 
to  U.A.  from  Donahue  &  Coe,  Inc.,  ad- 
vertising agency  for  whom  he 
handled  the  advertising  of  the  Radio 
City  Music  Hall,  four  United  Artists 
producers,  Samuel  Goldwyn,  Walter 
Wanger,  Edward  Small  and  Alex- 
ander Korda,  and  others. 

Ben  Washer,  who  has  been  Gold- 
wyn's  press  representative  for  more 
than  a  year,  has  been  placed  in 
charge  of  U.A.'s  publicity  staff,  suc- 
ceeding Myer  Beck,  who  remains  as 
an  assistant  to  Washer. 

Carl  Kreuger,  present  exploitation 
director,  will  be  shifted,  it  is  under- 
stood, to  a  district  exploitation  posi- 
tion, with  Chicago  the  probable  spot. 

Announcement  of  the  realignment 
was  made  over  the  weekend  by 
George  J.  Schaefer,  vice  president  of 
U.A.  Although  rumors  of  impending 
shifts  had  been  in  circulation  for 
some  time,  the  announcement  came 
as  somewhat  of  a  surprise  in  that 
the  reports  recently  had  been  denied 
in  official  circles. 

Whether  other  changes  in  the  de- 
partment are  forthcoming  is  not 
known,  although  it  was  said  Satur- 
day that  none  is  contemplated.  It 
is  also  not  known  whether  Maurice 
Silverstone,  new  general  manager, 
who  arrives  today  from  England  on 
the  Normandie,  was  aware  of  the 
changes. 


Local  1,  Stage  Hands,  Will 
Talk  Contract  Terms  Today 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

with  theater  operators.  Pact,  it  is 
said,  will  be  the  union's  first. 

Negotiations  may  be  concluded 
within  three  weeks  or  a  month,  an 
exec,  of  the  Local  told  The  Film 
Daily  Saturday.  Period  the  contract 
will  span  has  not  been  determined. 

Jurisdiction  of  Local  1  extends  to 
all  pix  houses  in  the  Metropolitan 
area. 


Set  Outing  for  Thursday 

Cleveland — The  Cleveland  Warner 
Club  will  hold  its  annual  all-day 
picnic  Thursday  at  Chippewa  Lake. 
The  office  will  be  closed  for  the  day. 


2C  yEACjf  4GC 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Thursday,  July 
11,    1918: 

NEW  YORK — Lawrence  Cranr  sues  Metro; 
claims  contract  calling  for  advertising  has  not 
been    fulfilled. 

NEW  YORK— Hugh  D.  Mcintosh.  New  South 
Wales  theater  operator,  arrives  on  government 
biz   as   special    representative. 

EVANSVILLE,  IND.  —  Women  projectionists 
are  considered  as  war  service  confronts  15  out 
of    16    operators. 

Yes,  20  Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures! 


T  T  T 

•  •      •     UPON  HIS  death.  Joe  Doaks  wanted  to  come  back  to  earth 

as  a  horse he  always  said  that  to  his  pal,  Sam  Muck and 

Sam  would  say  why  do  you   want  to  be  a  horse,  Joe? and  Joe 

would  say  because  I'm  so  damned  tired  oi  these  shirts  whose  collars 
always  shrink  and  choke  me  to  death,  so  I  wanna  be  a  horse,  because 
a  horse's  collar  CAN'T  SHRINK 

T  T  T 

•  •     •     AND  WOULD  you  believe  it Joe  Doaks  one  day 

choked  to  death  with  a  shirt   collar  that  shrunk   on  him 

and  you  can  believe  it  or  not,  but  one  day  a  year  later  Sam 
Muck  strolled  along  the  street  and  saw  a  horse  that  reminded  him 

of   his   old  pal,   Joe so   he   took   a   chance   and   sez   to   the 

horse:   "Hello,  Joe" and  the  horse  answered:   "ho,  Sam".... 

then  Sam  knew  he  had  found  Joe,  reincarnated  as  he  wished 

a  horse then  Sam  said:   "Joe,  I  should  have  told  you  about 

those  Arrow  collars  that  don't  shrink,  but  I  only  found  out  about 

'em  myself  the  other  day." and  Joe,  the  horse,  replies 

"It's  okay,  Sam.  I  was,  as  you  know,  an  Exhibitor  when  I  was  a 
human  being.  Now  I'm  a  horse.  It's  much  nicer  to  be  a  horse 
than  an  exhibitor  these  days  with  double  features,  and  the  Allied 
raising  hell  all  the  time  and  wanting  you  to  help  'em  fight  their 
battles  so's  you  don't  have  any  time  left  to  run  your  theater. 
Okay,  Sam.    I'm  happy,  just  being  a  horse." 

T  ▼  T 

•  •      •     THE  ABOVE  is  a  free  translation  and  adaptation  oi  a  swell 

ad  card  in  the  window  of  a  haberdashery  store  on  Broadway (we 

added  the  Exhibitor  Motif) there  was  such  a  mob  in  front  of  the 

window  that  we  had  to  wait  five  minutes  before  we  could  squirm  near 

enough  to  read  the  ad it  gave  us  pause,  and  made  us  THINK 

this  habit  of  thinking  has  clung  to  us  in  spite  of  all  our  years  in  the 
film  biz  where  thinking  makes  some  people  look  upon  you  as  Radical 

and    Revolutionary and    what    we    thought    was    this if '  a 

haberdasher  can  display  so  much  Showmanship  as  to  block  his  sidewalk 

with  interested  pedestrians,  why  can't  the  film  theaters? now  if  you 

theater  guys  have  any  dirty  cracks  that  you  want  to  phone  us,  go  ahead 
we're  starting  on  our  vacation ha 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     HERALDING    United    Artists'    selling    season    with 

plenty  of  Umph Editor  George  Harvey  of  the  sales  dept's 

house  organ,  The  Lowdown,  steps  out  with  a  punchy  issue 

the  cover  shows  Andy  Smith  setting  off  a  giant  cannon  cracker 

labelled  "U.  A's  20th  Anniversary  Drive" the  inside  pages 

are  replete  with  selling  interest  giving  details  of  the  Drive,  with 

beaucoup  cash  prizes a  swell  competitive  angle  is  played  up 

between   Harry   Gold,   Eastern   division   manager and   Jack 

Schlaifer,  Western  division  manager with  the  Eastern  Buzz 

Saw  and  the  Western  Wildcat  laying  it  on  the  line  with  real 

dough the  payoff,   however,   is   a   loser's  award,  something 

nobody   wants  to   get — George   Schaefer' s   Goat which   is  a 

life-size  billy-goat  that  will  be  routed  around  the  exchanges,  and 
come  to  rest  finally1  at  the  end  of  the  drive  in  the  office  of  the 
losing  Division  Manager 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     THAT  BASEBALL  team  of  RKO  Radio  has  been  doing  some 

Frank  Merriwell  At  Yale  stuff three  in  a  row  after  a  bad  start,  and 

now  leading  the  second  half  in  the  Movie  League beat  M-G-M  2 — 1 

took  Skouras  over  by  3 — 2 


«      «       « 


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PARA.  PLANNING  SIX 
"DOUBLE  QUOTA"  PI! 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

foreign  department.  With  three  picj 
tures  now  set  definitely  and  anothe 
to  be  designated  this  week,  Paraj 
mount's  British  requirements  wil 
call  for  at  least  two  more  picture: 

David  Rose,  director  of  the  ,^  Vi 
pany's  foreign  production  activ>  .es 
will   remain   in   New  York  until   a 
least  July  20  when  he  has  reserva 
tions  on  the  Queen  Mary  for  his  sai: 
ing  to  England  where  he  will  tak] 
up    his    new    duties.     Rose,    until 
month  or  so  ago,  was  financial  ac 
visor  for  Samuel  Goldwyn,  Inc.  Par; 
mount's    complete    English    produel 
tion  plans  are  expected  to  be  com| 
pleted  before  Rose  sails. 

During  the  first  year  under  th^ 
new  Quota  Law,  Paramount's  En£ 
lish  pictures  will  be  made  by  inde 
pendent  producers.  The  compan, 
may  produce  its  own  pictures  afte 
the  pending  committments  are  ful 
filled.  

G-B  Setting  Deal  With  U.  S. 
Firm  to  Handle  School  Pi: 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

education  shorts  program  in  thi| 
country,  Victor  Cockle,  export  mar 
ager  of  Gaumont  British  Instrucl 
tional  Films,  told  The  Film  Daili 
Saturday  upon  his  return  from 
survey  trip  to  Canada  and  the  Midi 
west. 

When  asked  if  the  deal  wouli 
mean  that  the  complete  catalogue  o 
GBI  shorts,  numbering  250  at  th 
present  time,  would  be  distributee 
here,  Cockle  said  that  that  was1  th 
basis  on  which  the  deal  would .  b< 
worked.  In  the  event  that  the  kin< 
of  deal  is  made  that  GB  wants,  th< 
annual  program  of  50  shorts  pro 
duced  by  the  company,  would  also  bt 
distributed  by  the  U.  S.  firm. 

Cockle  left  New  York  last  week 
accompanied  by  Arthur  A.  Lee,  GE 
vice-president  and  general  manager 
for  Toronto.  They  went  to  Chicago 
from  there,  with  Lee  remainini 
there  until  last  night.  He  returns  tc 
the  home  office  this  afternoon. 


Visits  the  Old  Home  Town 

Detroit — Rob  Wagner,  editor  o 
Script  Magazine,  is  in  Detroit,  hi 
home  town,  on  his  first  visit  in  32 
years. 


Best  wishes  from  THE  FILM  DAILY  to 

the      following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY  11 

Milton  Berle 

John  A.  Smith 


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The  same  great  emotional  impact  that  made  this 
book  one  of  the  outstanding  best  sellers  of  a 
generation  now  makes  the  picture  one  of  the  great 
heart  dramas  of  today ! 


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HE  DEEP-DOWN  SPRINGS  OF 
HUMAN  LOVE  that  make  you  laugh 
and  cry . . .  The  author  of  "Rebecca  of  Sunnybrook  Farm" 
found  them  in  a  family  America  has  learned  to  love 
. . .  And  now  the  producers  of  "Little  Women"  bring  these 
living  fiction  people  thrillingly  to  life  on  the  screen ...  in 
ANOTHER  BIG  RKO  SUMMER  SHOW! 

KATE  DOUGLAS  WIGGIN'S 
GLORIOUS  NOVEL  OF 
AMERICAN  GIRLHOOD 


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ANNE  SHIRLEY 
RUBY  KEELER 
JAMES  ELLISON 
FAY  BAINTER 
WALTER  BRENNAN 

FRANK  ALBERTSON 
ALMA  KRUGER 
VIRGINIA  WEIDLER 

PANDRO  S.  BERMAN 

IN  CHARGE  OF  PRODUCTION 

DIRECTED  BY  ROWLAND  V.  LEE 


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Little  Tough  Guy" 


h  the  "Dead  End"  Kids,   Robert  Wilcox, 

Helen    Parrish 
iversal  85    Mins. 

(HOLLYWOOD  PREVIEW) 


I  STRONG     ACTION     ENTERTAINMENT 


_  PLENTY   OF    PUNCH    AND    KICK 
lOuLD  CLICK. 


Dealing    with     crime     among    kids,     Ken 

I  ifdsmith,   the    producer,    with    his   writers, 

enda    Weisberg    and    Gilson    Brown,    and 

e    director,    Harold    Young,    have    come 

rough    with    a    picture    which    has    plenty 

punch  and  kick.     Wherever  the  "Crime 

hool"  and  "Dead  End"  type  of  fare  meant 

oney    this    should    click,    too.      Several    of 

e    original    "Dead    End"    kids    are    in    the 

i  cture    and    a    few    new    faces    have    been 

Ided.     The  kids  are  cut  out  for  this  sort 

thing,  with  Billy  Halop,  the  leader,  doing 

swell   job  of  the   boy   who   becomes   em- 

Ittered    toward    society    and    turns    tough, 
s  a   product  of  the   slums,   Huntz   Hall   is 
l!   the   character    should    be.      For   a    ratty 
'trt   of   hard    guy    who   chose    crime    for   a 
trill,    Jackie    Searl    is    a    splendid    choice, 
he   rest   of   the   cast,    Marjorie    Main,    the 
.other;    Helen    Parrish,    the    sister;    Robert 
F/ilcox,     her    suitor,     and     Peggy     Stewart, 
illy's    little    girl,     all     perform    admirably. 
Little    Tough    Guy"    is    different    enough 
om    other    pictures   of   the    same    type    as 
)    hold   one    intensely    interested    through- 
ut.      It  does   not   limit   itself  to   the    kind 
f  boy  who   is  tough   and   hard   because  of 
nvironment,  but  it  also  takes  in  the  thrill 
angster,   and   the   fellow   who   has   a   bone 
|)  pick  with  society.     Comedy  is  enjoyably 
'orked    into    the    piece    giving    it    a    nice 
alance.     The   plot   is  built   in   a  very  sus- 
enseful   manner,   and   wherever  strong   ac- 
I  on   entertainment   is   wanted,   this   picture 
.iould  go  over.     Billy  Halop's  father  is  sent 
M    jail    for    killing    a    man    during    a    labor 
I  ot.     Billy's  friends  turn  on   him,  his  sister 
ises  her  job,  the  family  is  forced  to  move 
o  the  slums,  and  sore  at  society,  Billy  be- 
comes   a     leader    of    a    tough     outfit.      A 
.  -ealthy    kid,    Jackie    Searl,    joins    the    mob 
^or  the  thrill   and   when   he   is   thrown   out, 
queals.     The  police  surprise   Billy  and  one 
f  the  boys,   Huntz   Hall,   who   are  staging 
I    hold-up.     Hall  is  killed  and   Billy  is  cap- 
tured.     With     the     other     boys,     including 
'earl,   he   is   sent   to    reform   school,   where 
ie  finds  the  authorities  trying  to  help  him 
i  ake  his  place  in  society. 

I  CAST:  Robert  Wilcox,  Helen  Parrish, 
.Marjorie  Main,  Jackie  Searl,  Peggy  Stew- 
irr,  Helen  MacKellar,  Ed  Pawley,  Olin 
Howland,  Pat  C.  Flick  and  the  "Dead  End" 
(ids,  Billy  Halop,  Huntz  Hall,  Gabriel  Dell, 
pernard  Punsley,  Hally  Chester,  David 
|3orcey. 

CREDITS:  Associate  Producer,  Ken  Gold- 
;mith;  Director,  Harold  Young;  Author, 
.Jrenda  Weisberg;  Screenplay,  Gilson  Brown 
and  Brenda  Weisberg;  Cameraman,  Elwood 
3rodell,  ASC;  Art  Director,  Jack  Otterson; 
Associate,  N.  V.  Timchenko;  Editor,  Philip 
Cahn;    Musical     Director,     Charles     Previn; 

I  Sound  Supervisor,  Bernard   B.   Brown;  Tech- 
nician,  Charles  Carroll. 

DIRECTION,    Forceful.    PHOTOGRAPHY, 

Sood. 


"I  Married  a  Spy" 

with    Neil    Hamilton,    Brigitte    Homey 
Grand    National  59   Mins. 

POWERFULLY  DRAMATIC  WAR  PLAY 
WITH  EUROPEAN  STAR  SCORING  BRIL- 
LIANTLY. 

This  British  production  is  very  well  han- 
dled, and  succeeds  in  creating  convincing 
atmosphere  concerning  the  war  and  a  fe- 
male spy.  Scene  after  scene  depicts  scenes 
related  to  the  war  period  away  from  the 
actual  fighting,  and  they  all  carry  fine 
conviction  and  a  sense  of  realism.  Many 
of  the  minor  parts,  and  scenes  where  a 
character  appears  never  to  be  seen  again, 
are  expertly  handled  from  the  directorial 
point  of  view.  The  camera  work  is  ex- 
ceptional. Brigitte  Horney,  well  known 
on  the  Continent,  makes  her  first  appear- 
ance in  a  film  for  American  audiences, 
and  her  work  is  very  reminiscent  of  that 
of  Marlene  Dietrich  in  her  earlier  pictures. 
She  is  a  superlative  actress,  and  capable  of 
great  emotional  delineations  that  register 
powerfully.  She  is  forced  into  the  French 
secret  service  because  of  her  long  French 
residence  and  knowledge,  though  born  in 
Germany.  Neil  Hamilton  as  a  matter  of 
duty  as  a  French  officer  interned  in  Switz- 
erland, marries  her  when  Germany  tries  to 
have  her  extradited  so  she  can  be  punished 
for  her  work  against  her  native  land.  Thus 
she  remains  secure  for  the  time  being. 
The  conventional  marriage  turns  into  a 
love  match,  and  works  up  to  great  drama- 
tic power  in  the  climax  when  the  German 
secret  service  cleverly  connive  to  have  her 
pass  on  false  information  from  Spain  to 
the  French  government  that  results  in  the 
loss  of  several  French  ships.  For  this  she 
is  torn  from  her  husband,  and  is  on  the 
way  to  a  military  trial  that  can  mean  only 
one  thing  for  her.  As  these  spy  pictures 
go,  this  one  ranks  high.  The  acting  is 
excellent  throughout.  Brigitte  Horney  will 
probably  receive  a  bid  to  Hollywood,  for 
she  has  all  that  it  takes. 

CAST:  Neil  Hamilton,  Brigitte  Horney, 
Ivor  Barnard,  Charles  Carson,  Gyles  Isham, 
Frederick  Lloyd,  Raymond  Lovell,  Ben  Field, 
Robert    Petrie,    Leslie    Perrins. 

CREDITS:  Producer,  Hugh  Perceval;  Di- 
rector, Edmond  Greville;  Author,  Paul  de 
Sainte  Colombe;  Screenplay,  Basil  Mason; 
Editor,   Ray   Pitt;   Cameraman,   Otto   Heller. 

DIRECTION,  Very  Good.  PHOTOGRA- 
PHY, Good. 


*  SHORTS  * 


"Man's  Paradise" 


Modern  Films 


35  mins. 


Excellent 


Ellis  to  Coast  on  Suit 

By  Loew's  Stockholders 

Emil  K.  Ellis,  chief  counsel  for 
a  group  of  Loew's,  Inc.,  stockhold- 
ers who  are  protesting  the  payment 
of  bonuses  to  top  execs.,  arrives  in 
Hollywood  today  to  take  the  deposi- 
tions of  Louis  B.  Mayer  and  others 
in  connection  with  the  suit  planned 
to  restrain  Loew's  from  carrying  out 
its  profit-sharing  plan. 


Norton-Okun  Moving 

Marjorie  Norton-Lilian  Okun  As- 
sociates, artists'  representatives,  will 
move  into  their  new  quarters  at  565 
Fifth  Avenue  on  July  15. 


Here  is  one  of  the  best  films  of 
the  Bali  Isle  ever  produced.  It  is 
absolutely  devoid  of  hoke,  and  pre- 
sents the  native  life  just  as  it  is. 
It  has  been  very  intelligently  as- 
sembled, and  some  woman  whose 
name  we  did  not  catch  seems  re- 
sponsible for  it.  She  is  seen  at  the 
opening  and  the  close,  narrating 
the  story  to  a  man.  Her  narration 
comes  in  only  occasionally,  inter- 
spersed with  the  native  Balinese 
music  of  the  score,  and  this  is  as  it 
should  be,  for  the  scenes  are  so  in- 
teresting that  continual  narration 
would  break  the  charm  of  the  scenes. 
As  for  these,  they  are  the  most  com- 
plete and  rounded  of  any  film  of 
Bali.  They  show  the  native  life  in 
all  its  colorful  phases.  The  cere- 
monial scenes  of  the  religious  dances 
and  the  resplendent  funeral  are  very 
impressive.  Here  is  Bali  as  it  really 
is,  and  the  film  can  go  on  any  the- 
ater screen  and  do  credit  to  the 
showman  who  sponsors  it. 

"Diagnostic  Procedures  In 
Tuberculosis" 
National  Tuberculosis  Association 

18  mins. 
Highly  Instructive  Short 
A  picture  that  should  prove  to  be 
of  inestimable  worth  to  the  count- 
less millions  who  attend  theaters, 
the  newest  methods  of  detecting  tne 
symptoms  and  germs  of  tuberculosis 
are  explained  in  detail.  A  simple 
technique  for  sputum  tests  is  demon- 
strated by  Dr.  Ralph  S.  Muckenfuss. 
Dr.  Esmond  R.  Long  demonstrates 
and  explains  the  making  and  read- 
ing of  the  tuberculin  test,  and  Dr. 
Edgar  Mayer  explains  and  inter- 
prets X-ray  pictures  of  the  chest. 
The  methods  used  by  these  doctors 
are  said  to  be  new  and  simple  in 
technique,  speeding  up  detection  and 
treatment  of  the  disease.  Produced 
by  the  National  Tuberculosis  Asso- 
ciation, the  picture  is  a  valuable 
educational  lesson  and  should  prove 
to  be  instructional  to  all  who  see  it. 


"Let   My   People   Live" 

National  Tuberculosis  Association 

14  mins. 
Powerful   Story 

Dramatizing  aspects  of  tubercu- 
losis as  the  disease  affects  Negroes, 
this  two-reel  film  tells  a  powerful 
story  as  it  unfolds  the  case  history 
of  one  family  among  a  race  that  is 
particularly  susceptible  to  this  dis- 
ease. Filmed  at  Tuskegee  Institute, 
full  use  of  the  famous  school's  ex- 
cellent choir  is  made,  with  fine 
effect.  Rex  Ingram,  noted  Negro 
actor  and  singer,  plays  a  leading 
role.      The   picture   shows    a   Negro 


*   FOR EIG II   * 


'Pugachev' 


with    K.   Skorobogatov,   K.   Mukhutinov, 

Y.    Maliutin 

Amkino  93    Mins. 

HISTORICALLY  INTERESTING  FILM 
WILL   PLEASE  THE  RUSSIAN   FANS. 

Departing  from  the  usual  straight  prop- 
aganda theme,  the  producers  of  "Puga- 
chev" have  gone  back  to  the  days  of 
Catherine  to  give  a  premature  glance  at 
the  ultimate  future.  The  story  of  Puga- 
chev, a  leader  in  a  political  uprising,  is 
of  historical  interest,  but  the  script  mean- 
ders and  the  action  scenes  lack  conviction. 
Pugachev,  enacted  by  K.  Skorobogatov  with 
care  and  finesse,  pretended  to  be  Czar 
Peter  III,  and  led  an  uprising  against 
Catherine.  His  Cossack-Bashkir  army  had 
some  success,  and  many  people  in  the 
territory  he  attempted  to  rule  believed 
him  to  be  the  Czar,  but  the  uprising  was 
fairly  short-lived  and  Catherine's  army 
crushed  his  forces,  and  Emelian  Pugachev 
was  drawn  and  quartered  on  the  block. 
Pugachev  was  betrayed  by  his  own  com- 
rades, which  seems  to  parallel  more  cur- 
rent history. 

CAST:  K.  Skorobogatov,  K.  Mukhutinov, 
Y.  Maliutin,  M.  Pavlikov,  V.  Usenko,  E. 
Kariakana,  E.  Maximova,  V.  Taskin,  I. 
Sizov,   V.   Chudakov,   N.   Latonina. 

CREDITS:  Produced  by  Lenfilm;  Direc- 
tor, P.  Petrov-Bitov;  Screenplay,  Olga 
Forsh.  Presented  at  the  Cameo  Theater 
with    Russian    dialogue    and    English    titles. 

DIRECTION,  Good.  PHOTOGRAPHY. 
Good. 


N.  Y.  Paramount  Schedules 
Attractions   Into  Winter 


Paramount  Theater  on  Broadway 
has  lined  up  its  schedule  of  pictures 
to  carry  the  programs  into  De- 
cember. Following  "Professor,  Be- 
ware," starring  Harold  Lloyd,  which 
opens  next  Wednesday,  the  product 
includes  "The  Texans,"  "Give  Me  a 
Sailor,"  "Spawn  of  the  North,"  "The 
Unholy  Beebes,"  "The  Arkansas 
Traveler,"  "Men  with  Wings,"  "If 
I  Were  King,"  "St.  Louis  Blues"  and 
"Artists  and  Models  in  Paris." 

Band  attractions  include  those  of 
Gene  Krupa,  Chick  Webb,  Phil 
Spitalny,  Eddie  Duchin,  Raymond 
Scott,  Larry  Clinton  and  Glen  Gray. 


family,  first  the  mother  dies  and  then 
the  daughter  is  stricken.  She  heeds 
good  advice  and  goes  to  a  doctor, 
instead  of  using  the  primitive  herb 
cures,  worthless  in  medicinal  value, 
that  are  believed  in  by  many  people. 
Completely  well  after  hospital  treat- 
ment, she  returns  to  prove  to  her 
friends  and  townspeople  that  health 
can  be  achieved  again  with  proper 
care.  The  film  was  produced  by  the 
National  Tuberculosis  Association. 


W\ 


1IU 

DAILY 


Monday,  July  11,  19: 


MODERN  NABES  FOUND 
NEW  ORLEANS' NEED 


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houses  do  not  provide  more  seats 
than  the  average  business  in  that 
area  requires.  Two  full  houses  a 
day  are  considered  good  for  these 
theaters,  excepting  on  Sundays  and 
certain  holidays  where  they  may 
get  a  heavier  play.  All  these  houses 
are  modern,  comfortable  and  techni- 
cally well  equipped,  though  those 
of  acute  ear  sometimes  complain 
about  the   quality  of  the   sound. 

Contrasting  to  the  down  town  first 
run  deluxers,  are  the  average  neigh- 
borhood houses.  With  but  few  ex- 
ceptions this  group  dates  back  to 
pre-sound  days.  Quite  a  number  of 
them  go  back  to  the  remodeled  cow 
barn  era.  As  a  group  they  are  un- 
comfortable, primitively  heated  and 
primitively  cooled,  and  due  to  lack 
of  proper  acoustical  treatment,  offer 
some  pretty  raw  sound.  Their  prices 
average  15  to  20  cents  with  the 
better  type  of  house  getting  25  cents 
at  night.  They  average  600  seats, 
though  a  few  run  into  the  1,000  seat 
group,  and  they  operate  on  a  basis 
of  four  to  five  hours  nightly,  with 
matinees   on   Sundays. 

In  recent  times  attempts  have 
been  made  to  remodel  the  older 
groups,  but  fresh  paint,  modernistic 
fronts  and  neon  signs  cannot  alter 
wooden  structures,  though  some  re- 
modeling jobs  are  a  credit  to  the 
architect  who  designed  them  and 
the  showmen  who  wanted  to  better 
their  houses. 

The  commercial  or  downtown  area 
of  this  city  has  three  Class  A 
houses  which  total  almost  9,000 
seats.  The  Saenger  leads  the  group 
with  slightly  more  than  3400  seats. 
Loew's  State  follows  with  3285  and 
Mort  Singer's  Orpheum  trails  with 
1800.  In  this  same  area  there  is  a 
group  of  B  and  C  houses  which 
include  the  Tudor,  seating  805;  the 
new  Center,  about  800;  the  Globe, 
600;  Lyceum,  about  500  and  Mort 
Singer's  Liberty,  1600. 

In  this  same  area  are  the  last  run 
Strand  and  the  Lafayette,  the  for- 
mer having  a  seating  capacity  of 
almost  2,000  and  the  latter  of  ap- 
proximately 1200. 

The  Class  A  group  maintains  a 
matinee  admission  of  25  cents,  with 
the  night  top  for  the  Saenger  and 
the  State  set  at  40  cents  and  at  35 
cents  for  the  Orpheum.  The  B 
group  has  a  matinee  admission 
average  of  25  cents  with  the  night 
top  ranging  between  25  and  35  cents. 
The  last  run  Strand,  operated  by 
Joy  Houck  and  a  member  of  the 
Theater  Service  Corporation's  book- 
ing system,  runs  duals  at  a  dime 
top. 

All  the  downtown  houses  are 
within  an  approximate  area  of  eight 
blocks  from  each  other. 

For  this  city's  Negro  population 
there  are  three  exclusively  negro 
houses — the  Palace  and  the  Ace  in 
the  downtown  area,  both  operated 
by  the  Bijou  Amusement  Company, 
and   the  Lincoln,  in  a  neighborhood 


THE  WEEE  IN  REVIEW 

No  Summer   Pix   Shortage — Kennedy's   Warning 


DOMESTIC 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

concerned  the  request  of  Allied 
States  for  a  probe  of  the  picture 
industry,  filed  with  the  new  NEC 
by  Abram  F.  Meyers,  board  chair- 
man and  general  counsel.  Subse- 
quently, Allied  asserted  that  this 
move  was  not  a  bar  to  conciliation, 
but  followed  up  a  resolution  unani- 
mously adopted  at  the  Pittsburgh 
convention. 

^  %  % 

Labor  news  of  the  past  week  was 
topped  by  the  announcement  that 
operators  in  Chicago  and  Flint  had 
agreed  to  take  a  10%  salary  cut  for 
the  two  summer  months.  In  New 
York,  several  meetings  were  held  by 
the  Locals  with  jurisdiction  over 
theater  employees,  including  stage- 
hands and  operators,  but  no  concrete 
action  was  forthcoming.  At  the  same 
time,  preliminary  negotiations  were 
started  between  Local,  stagehands, 
and  the  theater  operators  for  a  new 
contract.  Organization  was  started 
by  the  Screen  Actors  Guild  in  the 
middle  west. 

In  New  York,  Max  A.  Cohen,  cir- 
cuit operator,  bought  into  the  Belle 
string,  the  first  step  forward  in  con- 
solidating his  Cinema  circuit  with 
Belle. 

Brewster  Color  announced  that  it 
would  build  a  large  laboratory  on 
the  Coast  .  .  .  Twentieth  Century- 
Fox  reported  that  it  was  substan- 
tially ahead  of  last  year's  sales  .  .  . 
On  Friday,  Joseph  M.  Schenck,  20th- 


Fox  board  head,  stated  in  New  York 
that  the  company  would  not  buy  an 
English  studio  at  this  time  .  .  . 
Floyd  B.  Odium  returned  from 
Europe  and  stated  that  no  immediate 
changes  in  the  RKO  executive  setup 
is  contemplated  .  .  .  Al  Christie 
will  produce  both  shorts  and  features 
in  the  East,  it  was  learned  .  .  . 


FOREIGN 

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charge  of  world  affairs,  before  the 

UA  exec,  sailed  for  New  York. 
%         %         % 

Talk  was  current  in  English  film 
circles  last  week  that  there  would 
be  a  drop  in  production  during  the 
year,  with  an  advance  in  American 
imports  expected.  At  the  same  time 
it  was  reliably  reported  that  Am- 
bassador Kennedy  had  informed  gov- 
ernment heads  that  completion  of 
the  Anglo-American  trade  pact  nego- 
tiations   might    be    expected    before 

Aug.  1. 

*         *         * 

Concern  was  felt  in  foreign  de- 
partments of  major  U.  S.  distribu- 
tors last  week  over  the  fact  that  a 
disintegration  of  the  Japanese  film 
market  is  not  unlikely  .  .  .  Report 
by  the  Polish  censor  board  showed 
that  U.  S.  pix  enjoyed  unquestioned 
supremacy  in  the  Polish  film  field. 
.  .  .  Ontario  established  licensing 
regulations  for  the  16  mm  field  .  .  . 
Other  Canadian  news  came  from 
Toronto,  where  a  new  sub-committee 
of  the  Board  of  Trade  Film  Section's 
conciliation  committee  started  its 
task  of  solving  clearance  problems. 


littlc  FRom  lots 


By  RALPH  WILK 


Canada's  Sovereign  Films 
Seeks  "U"  16  MM.  Rights 


Toronto — Negotiations  are  under 
way  here  whereby  Sovereign  Films 
will  distribute  16  mm.  versions  of 
Universal  pictures  in  Canada.  Ac- 
cording to  J.  I.  Foy,  Sovereign  man- 
ager, the  35  mm.  prints  of  Universal 
productions  will  be  converted  into 
16  mm.  for  general  distribution  in 
the  Dominion.  Deal  is  being  made 
direct  with  Universal's  home  office 
in  New  York  and  does  not  involve 
Empire  Films,  U's  distributors  in 
Canada. 


RKO  Pathe  to  Have  Nine 

Shorts  Ready  by  Sept.  1 


negro  area,  operated  by  Jack  Di- 
charry  of  the  old  Mississippi  River 
packet  lines.  Loew's  State  and  the 
Orpheum  have  negro  balconies  and 
some  neighborhood  houses  have  ne- 
gro sections,  but  most  showmen  be- 
lieve that  the  negro  trade  is  not  im- 
mensely profitable  unless  the  theater 
managers  are  experienced  in  negro 
psychology. 

Remodeling  and  construction  in 
the  city  is  at  low  ebb. 

Editor's  Note:  This  is  the  seventh  of 
an  exclusive  Film  Daily  series  de- 
voted to  the  present-day  situation  in 
the  theatrical  districts  in  metropoli- 
tan cities. 


With  every  release  on  this  year's 
program  delivered  with  one  excep- 
tion the  Turnesa  Sportscope,  which 
will  be  ready  later  this  month,  RKO 
Pathe  News  shorts  subject  depart- 
ment will  have  nine  reels  on  next 
season's  program  completed  for  re- 
lease by  the  first  of ,  September,  it 
was  learned  over  the  weekend. 

A  Pathe  Parade  release  for  next 
season  which  deals  with  a  cross 
country  flight,  showing  the  takeoff, 
scenery  and  the  life  inside  the  ship, 
was  completed  on  Friday,  and  Frank 
Donovan,  production  manager,  super- 
vised the  filming  of  the  final  shots 
for  a  Sportscope  release  on  racing, 
at  the  Castle  Hills  Speedway  on  Sa- 
turday. Material  was  also  filmed  at 
Indianapolis  and  Langhorne. 

"Underwater  Circus,"  another  Par- 
ade release  for  next  season,  was 
scored  last  week.  The  Turnesa  pic- 
ture was  supposed  to  have  wound  up 
last  week  in  Bermuda,  where  it  is 
being  taken,  but  rain  has  held  up 
production. 


HOLLYWOO 
"Rio"  Next  for  Darrieux 
"T?  IO,"  by  Jean  Negulesco.  Da 
elle  Darrieux'  second  pictu 
for  Unversal,  is  being  lined  up  f 
production  under  Joe  Pasternak  w] 
made  all  the  Deanna  Durbin^wDi 
tures  for  the  same  studio,  (ojli 
Darrieux  will  sport  three  leaait 
men  in  "Rio,"  which  has  a  dramat 
theme. 


De    Sylva    Leaves    Universal 

Universal  has  terminated  its  co:1 
tract  wth  B.  G.  DeSylva  by  mutu  I 
agreement.  Contract  was  for  2  yea 
and  had  until  Nov.  30  to  run.    Pa 
of  the  consideration  involved  in  tl  I 
termination  was  conveyance  on  Ur 
versal's    part    to    DeSylva    of    tl ' 
film    rights    to    a    story    known    ; 
"Little  Mother." 

▼        ▼        ▼ 
Last  In  "Thumbs  West" 

Diane    Lewis,    under    contract   • ' 
Warners,  and  George  Shelley,  undi 
contract   to    RKO,   were    signed  f(  I 
leading  roles  in  the  George  Rosem  ' 
hitch    -    hiking      musical       corned 
"Thumbs  West,"  which  opens  at  tl 
Belasco  Theater,  Los  Angeles,  Jul? 
18,  before  heading  for  New  York. 

Producer  Ralph  D.  Paonessa  wi 
try  out  the  stage  play  at  the  Fc 
Arlington  Theater,  Santa  Barbar; 
July  14,  and  at  the  Savoy  Theate 
San  Diego,  July  15-16,  before  con- 
ing to  the  Belasco. 

Other  members  of  the  "Thurnl 
West"  cast  to  date  include  Bett 
Compson,  Irene  Franklin,  Yola  Ga 
li,  Donald  Kerr,  Warren  Jacksoi 
Warren  Hull,  John  Jennings,  Lucill 
Osborne,  Connie  Crowell,  Bria 
O'Brien,  Al  Klein,  Carmen  Estrc 
beau,  Don  Orlando,  Milton  Owei 
and   Edward  Dunning. 


Coincidence   Rules    Hollywood 


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Illustrating  the  verity  that  cc 
incidence  rules  Hollywood,  ove 
ten  years  ago  Zoe  Akins,  play 
wright-scenarist,  wrote  her  onl 
book  of  poetry,  none  of  which  wa 
ever  set  to  music  until  the  other  daj 
when  two  selections,  one  at  th 
Paramount  studios  and  the  other  i 
St.  Louis,  were  designated  as  th  j 
lyrics  for  new  music.  The  first  wil| 
be  a  "swing"  song,  and  the  latter  jf 
classical  cappella. 

In  Producer  Albert  Lewin's  offi&; 
discussing    a    certain    type    of    son) 
for   "Zaza,"   for   which    Miss    Akin 
wrote  the  screen  play,  he  suggested 
using  her  "Rain,  Rain"  for  the  lyrics 
This  was  set,  and  she  went  back  t< 
her  office  to  find  a  letter  from  hei 
publishers     in     New    York,     asking 
authorization  for  Dr.  Louis  Meyberj; 
to  issue  his  new  cappella,  which  ii 
a    form    of    group    singing    without 
orchestral    background,    on    anothei 
poem  in  the  book,  "The  Hills  Grov 
Smaller." 


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day,  July  11,  1938 


MBS.  MAY  GET 
IOPOSALS  THIS  WEEK 


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•t  to  draw  up  a   code  of  ethics 
will  be  acceptable  to  both  sides 
ihe  industry. 

j'stails  of  the  plan  taking  shape 
:=^oceedings   of  the  committee's 
|  ions  have  been  closely  guarded. 
t.  in  a  statement  last  week,  in- 
ted  that  he  wanted  nothing  said 
at  the  group's  activities  until  a 
nite  platform  had  been  perfect- 
It  is  understood  that  some  prog- 
was  made  last  week  and  indi- 
,ons  are  that  the  committee  may 
able    to    wind    up    its    meetings 
,iin  the  next  few  days. 
Ceanwhile,    Allied    and    MPTOA 
tials   are   observing   a    period    of 
•chful  waiting,  keeping  their  pro- 
als  or  suggestions  in  check  until 
distributors   send   out  their  call 
a  joint  meeting. 


olumbus,  0.  —  Members  of  the 

i   of   Ohio   have   been   instructed 

to    participate     in    any    trade 

ctice    conferences    with    the    dis- 

,'Utors  until  first  authorized  by 
•am  F.  Myers,  general  counsel  of 
.ed  States.  Action  followed  the 
sing  of  a  resolution  at  a  recent 

;?ting  of  the  board  of  directors. 


antz  Seeking  Child  Player 

lew  Rantz,  former  Grand  National 
ducer,  is  here  in  an  attempt  to 
:over  a  child  to  play  the  leading 

m  in  "Topsy,"  which  Rantz  plans 
produce  for  a  major  company  re- 

'se.  Rantz  said  over  the  week- 
that  the  cast  is  set  except  for 
Topsy  role.  Picture  is  to  be  co- 
veted by  Louis  Gasnier  and  Joshua 
inks    and    will    feature    the    Hall 

\nson  choir.  Rantz  was  the  pro- 
er  of  "Devil  on  Horseback." 


Al  Herzenberg  Honored 

Cleveland — The  local  M-G-M  office 
ice  numbering  36  held  its  annual 
jimer  outing  last  Saturday  at  the 
!nmer  home  of  Mrs.  Nativa  Roberts 
Vermilion-on-the-Lake.  The  affair 
s  a  double  feature  event  combining 
,  h  the  annual  outing  a  celebration 
honor  of  Al  Herzenberg,  booker, 
;o  leaves  July  30  to  take  up  his 
,.ies  as  M-G-M  representative  at 
lannesburg,  South  Africa. 


vVEDDING  BELLS 


Says  Schlesinger 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 

Hollywood — Says  Producer  Leon  Schles- 
inger of  exhibitor  squawks  that  lack 
of  quality  in  pictures  coming  out  of 
Hollywood  is  responsible  for  the  present 
b.-o.    slump. 

"Let's  stop  passing  the  buck  and 
really  look  the  situation  squarely  in 
the  face.  All  this  business  needs  is  a 
few  lessons  on  what  constitutes  a  good 
meal  of  entertainment.  Give  a  child 
too  much  candy  and  it  makes  him  sick. 
Giving  the  public  four  and  five-hour 
shows   has   the   same  effect." 


Suit  Draws  Line  Between 

Artist's  Manager,  Agent 

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lost  his  case  against  the  actress  in  a 
suit  heard  before  Judge  Rosenman. 

According  to  the  testimony, 
Traube,  who  was  unlicensed  as  an 
agent,  claimed  that  he  was  Miss 
Farmer's  manager  and  therefore  did 
not  need  a  license.  However,  in  the 
judge's  opinion,  the  testimony  showed 
a  "substantial,  if  not  sole  service 
rendered,  and  intended  by  the  con- 
tract to  be  rendered,  was  concerned 
with  employment,"  adding  that  the 
"plaintiff  has  not  shown  due  per- 
formance of  what  he  insists  the  true 
nature  of  the  contract  to  have  been — 
that  is,  a  contract  of  management." 

Traube,  who  was  influential  in 
securing  a  Paramount  contract  for 
Miss  Farmer,  received  commissions 
from  the  actress  until  she  was  ob- 
liged to  obtain  a  representative  in 
Hollywood.  She  then  stopped  paying 
Traube  and  the  latter  brought  suit 
for  $75,000. 

Under  the  law,  an  agent  can  col- 
lect five  p.c.  of  a  client's  income  for 
only  10  weeks  a  year,  while  a  man- 
ager's remuneration  is  set  between 
himself  and  the  client.  Because  of 
this  distinction,  the  judge  found  for 
the    defendant. 


Allied  Unit  Calls  Special 

Meeting  to  Talk  Product 

Boston — Independent  Exhibitors, 
Allied's  New  England  affiliate,  will 
hold  a  special  meeting  to  discuss 
product  tomorrow  afternoon,  accord- 
ing to  Arthur  Howard.  Nathan 
Yamins  will  preside. 


Chicago — Irvin  Joseph,  joining  the 
lumbia  exchange  sales  staff,  an- 
jnces  his  engagement  to  Miss 
ijorie    Lee    Baum. 


Cleveland — Film  Row  was  inter- 
ed  in  the  announcement  of  the 
?agement  of  Bob  Richardson,  RKO 
ster  clerk,  to  Miss  Marjorie  Young, 
lighter  of  Rep.  Stephan  Young. 


To  Show  Fischinger's  Pix 

One  of  the  features  of  the  First 
International  Film  Festival,  which  is 
currently  being  staged  by  the  5th 
Avenue  Playhouse,  will  be  a  private, 
invitation  showing  of  abstract  films 
at  the  Preview  Theater,  tomorrow,  it 
was  announced  over  the  weekend. 
The  films  were  produced  by  Oscar 
Fischinger. 


Dietjen  Quits  AITA  Post 

Akron,  O. — J.  G.  Dietjen,  who  has 
been  secretary  of  the  Akron  Inde- 
pendent Theater  Association  for  the 
past  four  years  has  resigned  in  order 
to  devote  all  of  his  time  to  his  per 
sonal  affairs.  He  has  been  succeeded 
by  R.  C.  Wahl,  owner  of  the  Five 
Points  theater. 


DAILY 


Get  your  reservations  in  early 
ladies  and  gentlemen  for  the 
coming  event  of  the  season — the 
greatest  release  of  all  years,  viz 

THE  20th  ANNIVERSARY  NUMBER 


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scene,  offers  the  conclusion  that  Eu- 
rope itself,  despite  wars  and  other 
economic  complications,  is  healthier 
because,  in  the  clamor  for  biz,  its 
showmen  have  had  to  practice 
greater  initiative  and  devise  ways 
and  means  of  attracting  attention. 

Pointing  out  that  the  public  today 
is  responsive  to  the  bigger  pictures 
while  unimportant  ones  merely  are 
holding  their  own,  Zanuck  affirms 
"it  thus  is  proved  to  us  that  ex- 
penditures of  greater  time  and  more 
money  in  production  is  profitable, 
if  the  job  is  done  sincerely". 

Discussing  exhibitor  responsibil- 
ity, as  he  conceives  it,  Zanuck  says: 

"It  isn't  sensible  to  assume  that 
Hollywood  alone  can  settle  this  mat- 
ter of  encouraging  additional  at- 
tendance at  theaters.  True,  we  can 
produce  the  better  pictures  that 
make  for  greater  grosses,  but  the 
problem  by  no  means  ends  there. 
After  the  picture  has  left  our  cut- 
ting rooms  and  goes  the  tortuous 
trail  of  release,  the  problem  is  up 
to  the  theater  man  himself. 

"I  am  cognizant  of  the  heroic  ex- 
ploitation schemes  that  some  exhibi- 
tors created  for  the  exhibition  of 
certain  pictures,  but  it  seems  to  me 
that  the  utmost  in  energy  goes  out 
in  the  direction  of  border-line  films 
— those  that  an  exhibitor  through 
some  process  of  thinking  feels  it 
necessary  to  build. 

"There  is  no  great  fault  to  find 
with  this  system.  It  is  practical 
showmanship  and  very  commend- 
able. Another  form  of  showman- 
ship I  would  like  to  see  encouraged 
is  a  more  aggressive  exploitation  of 
the  big  films. 

"I  fear  that  the  average  exhibi- 
tor feels  that  a  big  picture  will 
carry  itself.  Basing  his  conclusions 
on  the  reports  of  successful  exhibi- 
tion in  other  situations,  he  presup- 
poses SRO  business  and,  desiring  to 
get  by  as  economically  as  possible, 
he  cuts  his  advertising  expenditures 
and  leaves  the  matter  of  his  grosses 
to  the  Fates. 

"If  we  in  Hollywood  think  it  ad- 
visable to  spend  tremendous  sums 
in  the  production  of  a  story,  then  it 
would  seem  hard  common  sense  that 
the  theater  man  must  re-echo  this 
confidence  in  the  form  of  greater 
effort  on  his  part.  He  can  do  this 
in  various  ways;  through  an  in- 
crease in  his  advertising  budget  and 


Believe  It  Or — 

Dallas — Interstate  Theaters  has  put 
it  on  the  line  for  more  perfume  than 
you  could  wring  out  of  the  air  in 
a  hot-house.  It  is  reported  they  plan 
to  pretty  up  the  atmosphere  in  their 
local  houses.  At  the  moment  an  effort 
is  being  made  to  choose  a  perfume 
engineer  who  can  harmonize  the  various 
odors  with  the  character  of  the  sev- 
eral houses  and  accent  the  pictures 
booked,  in  for  the  summer,  at  least, 
that's   the   report. 


I16UJS  Of  THC  DflV 


Chicago — Reuben  Levine  reports 
the  leasing  of  the  Bright  Theater 
Corp.  of  Illinois  Theater  at  Chi- 
cago Heights  by  his  organization. 
The  house  will  be  modernized  be- 
fore Sept.  1,  when  the  new  15-year 
lease  is  effective. 


Portland,  Ore.  —  Ted  Gamble, 
manager,  J.  J.  Parker  Theaters,  has 
a  second  daughter. 


Centralia,    Wash.  —  L.    K.    Brinn, 

recently  head  of  a  mid-western  cir- 
cuit takes  over  at  Grand  National 
from  Danny  Matin. 


Salt  Lake  City— W.  W.  McKen- 
drick,  manager  of  Monogram's  of- 
fices here,  is  the  proud  father  of  a 
baby  daughter.  This  makes  two 
little   girls   in   McKendrick's  home. 


Boston — "Moonlight  Sonata,"  now 
in  its  sixth  week  at  the  Fine  Arts 
Theaters,  may  run  all  summer. 


Lyman,  S.  C— J.  C.  Holland  will 
manage  the  Lyman  here,  which 
opens  about  July  11. 


Charlotte,  N.  C.  —  The  Jackson 
Theater  at  Jackson  will  open  soon 
under  the  direction  of  R.  Glenn  Da- 
vis, who  operates  houses  at  Louis- 
burg  and  Ahoskie. 


Pittsburgh— The  Temple  Theater 
at  Aliquippa,  one  of  the  two  houses 
in  the  town  operated  by  the  Penn- 
ware  Theater  Corp.,  is  closed  for 
July  and  August. 


Pittsburgh — Mark  Brower,  of  the 
Roosevelt  Theater  here,  who  has 
been  ailing  for  some  time,  is  leaving 
for  Wrightsville,  N.  C,  to  spend  a 
month  there  in  an  endeavor  to  re- 
gain his  former  vim  and  vigor.  His 
son,  Herbert,  manager  and  part 
owner  of  the  theater,  is  visiting  on 
the  West  Coast. 


Lincoln,  Neb. — Complete  revision 
of  the  local  theater  scene  is  expect- 
ed by  the  first  of  the  year  here. 
This  week,  the  Varsity  dropped  its 
5-10-15  cent  price  action  policy  and 
is  going  for  the  big  second  and  first- 
runs,  while  the  sister  house,  the 
Kiva,  takes  up  the  old  Varsity  price 


policy  for  two  months.  Varsity  now 
is  rated  at  15-20  cents.  These  are 
T.  B.  Noble,  Jr.,  houses. 


New  Haven — Three  special  teams 
have  already  made  reservations  at 
the  third  annual  film  district  golf 
tournament,  sponsored  by  Connecti- 
cut MPTO,  to  be  held  at  Racebrook 
Country  Club  on  Aug.  2.  Bill  Scully 
will  head  the  distributors'  team  of 
four.  I.  J.  Hoffman,  the  exhibitors' 
team,  and  Charles  Casanava,  the 
National  Screen 


Akron — The  Regent,  operated  by 
Max  Federhar,  is  closed  for  the 
summer. 


Cleveland — Paul  Gusdanovic  has 
reduced  the  playing  time  at  the  Cor- 
lett  Theater  to  week-ends  only  for 
the  summer. 


Birmingham,  Ala.  —  The  Rialto, 
Wilby  circuit's  second-run  house  at 
1923  Third  Ave.  N.,  in  the  heart  of 
Birmingham's  shopping  district,  is 
expected  to  close  out  after  Nov.  1. 
The  building  has  been  leased  by  its 
owners,  the  Tutwiler  Estate,  to 
Guarantee  Shoe  Co.,  which  will  re- 
model for  a  store. 


Rockville,  Conn. — Bill  Pine,  man- 
ager of  the  Princess  Theater,  is  the 
father  of  a  baby  boy. 


San  Antonio  —  The  Lakeshore 
Open  Air  Theater  has  been  reopened 
bv  A.  Suden,  exhib.  and  restaurant 
man  who  books  four  films  weekly. 
Admission  is  ten  cents  with  a  cash 
entrance  prize. 


New  Braunfels,  Tex. — Offices  here 
for  Jack  Pickens,  Inc.,  announce 
that  Boyd  South  has  been  transfer- 
red from  San  Marcos  to  New 
Braunfels  to  operate  the  two  local 
houses,  succeeding  Herff  Smith,  who 
was  sent  to  Oklahoma  City. 


Menard,  Tex. — Henry  Reeve,  ex- 
hib., has  been  elected  president  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


Detroit — Charles  R.  Porter,  one  of 
the  town's  oldest  theater  managers, 
is  recovering,  after  being  ill  since 
March. 


again  in  a  more  intensified  exploita- 
tion campaign. 

"Practical,  too,  would  be  an  in- 
crease in  the  confidences  exchanged 
between  exhibitors  and  producers. 
In  this  respect  I  believe  every  pro- 
ducer would  welcome  comments 
from  those  in  the  field.  I  know  I 
would  prize  communications  of  this 
sort,  a  word  or  two  from  someone 
with  problems  to  solve.  An  inter- 
change of  suggestions  between  the 
maker  and  the  merchandiser  of 
films  would  do  much  to  win  per- 
manently to  the  box-office  those 
wavering  souls  we  must  win  to  cap- 
ture again  the  high  rewards  of 
1930." 


Stationary  Engineers 

Talk  Organizing  WMT 


Springfield,  Mass. — Discussion  of 
an  organization  drive  to  enroll  all 
eligible  men  in  Western  Massachu- 
setts Theaters,  into  the  Stationary 
Engineers  Union,  took  place  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Springfield  local  at 
Central  Labor  Union  Hall  here. 

Air  conditioning  workers  in  thea- 
ters of  this  city  are  fairly  well  or- 
ganized, but  in  such  communities  as 
Pittsfield  and  Greenfield  the  union 
has  a  field  for  expansion,  it  is  said. 


URGES  PATENT  USE 
BE  FORGED  BY  LA 


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Saturday  by  Thurman  Arnold,  i 
sistant  U.  S.  Attorney  General,  g 
a  Justice  Department  representat 
on  the  committee. 


Arnold's  position  was  diMpjr.| 
following  the  receipt  of  a  ret 
from  Sen.  William  H.  King,  Den, 
crat,  of  Utah,  in  which  the  solon  i 
pressed  hope  that  the  investigat: 
would  result  in  legislation  for  co 
pulsory  licensing  of  unused  patei 
as  a  means  of  curbing  monopolis 
practices. 

This  development  Saturday  stin 
lively  interest  on  the  part  of  indi 
try  observers  here. 

Senator  King  suggested  legis 
tion  requiring  a  patent  holder  < 
make  use  of  a  patent  within  f 
years  or  allow  others  to  use  it.  P. 
ent  holders  now  may  retain  exc 
sive  rights  for  17  years. 

Sen.  Joseph  C.  O'Mahoney,  Den 
crat,  of  Wyoming,  chairman  of  1 
monopoly  committee,  said  that 
thought  an  investigation  of  pate 
trends  highly  important  because 
believed  evidence  would  support  t 
charge  that  many  monopolies  h 
been  built  up  largely  through  t 
acquisition  and  retention  of  func. 
mental  patents. 

The  FCC,  in  its  recent  report 
a  probe  of  the  A  T  &  T,  said  tl 
the  company's  control  of  patei 
tended  to  restrict  competition  a 
that  the  A  T  &  T  had  purchas 
patents  which  it  never  used 


Mexican  Consul  General 

To  See  Monogram  F 

Rafael  de  la   Colina,  consul  g( 
eral     of    Mexico,    will     attend    t  : 
"Mexican     Night"     performance 
Monogram's      "Rose      of     the     £ 
Grande"  at  the  Criterion  Theater  1 
night.     He  will  be  accompanied 
20  members  of  the  consulate   sta  L 
Manuel    Cruz,    Consul,   will   be   he, 
to  another  party  at  the  same  p(  i 
formance. 




Anderson  Joins  USPC    ! 

Richard  V.  Anderson,  former  < 
ficial  of  Universal  News,  has  be 
appointed  to  handle  the  premiv 
lines  of  the  United  States  Premii 
Corp.  in  the  South,  it  was  announc 
Saturday  by  Lester  Tobis,  genei 
manager  of  USPC.  Anderson  lea's 
for  the  Carolinas  this  week-end.  - 
was  also  announced  that  LoiJT 
Schwartz  had  joined  USPC  as 
salesman  in  the  Metropolitan  arefit 


Life  of  Edward  VII 

Paris  (By  Cable) — Max  Glass  will 
produce  a  super  production  in  French 
depicting  the  life  of  Edward  VII,  with 
Marcel    L'Herbier    directing. 


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The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now   Twenty   Years  Old 


74.  NO.  9 


NEW  YORK,  TUESDAY.  JULY  12.  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


Metro  to  Distribute  GB  and  Gainsborough  Pix  in  UK. 

IA  IN  DEALS  WITH  TWO  MORE  ENGLISH  PRODUCERS 

Hammons  to  Confer  with  Trustee  on  GN  Deal  on  Coast 


'ported     Acquisition     Plan 
May  Go  to  the  Courts 
in  Near  Future 

E.  W.  Hammons,  Educational 
esident,  left  last  night  for  the 
■ast  on  a  two-fold  mission,  one  of 
lich     is     to     confer     with     Loyil 

.right,  co-trustee  for  Grand  Na- 
mal,  in  connection  with  Hammons' 
ported  deal  for  the  control  of  GN. 

"The  Educational  prexy  also  plans 

attend  a  Kent  Drive  sales  meet- 

g    in    both    Los    Angeles    and    San 

ancisco,   the    latter   scheduled   for 

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lOYD  mulls  making 

PARA,  PIX  IN  BRITAIN 


Harold  Lloyd  may  make  a  picture 

England   for   Paramount   release 

negotiations  between  himself  and 

ivid  Rose,  head  of  Para.'s  foreign 

oduction,  are  brought  to  a   satis- 

ctory  understanding,  the  comedian 

feted    yesterday    upon    his    arrival 

J  New  York  from  the  Coast.  Lloyd 

11  be  here  for  about  two  weeks. 

The   story   under  consideration   is 

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Earners,  Columbia  Close 
Wilmer  &  Vincent  Deals 


Two  majors  yesterday  announced 
e    closing    of    product    deals    with 

Je   Wilmer   &   Vincent   circuit. 

l;  Acting  for  Warners,  Roy  Haines, 

b  stern  sales  manager,  and  Bob 
ne'tzer,  central  district  manager, 
jnatured  a  pact  covering  the  com- 

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KRS-CEA  to  Parley 

London  (By  Cable) — Joint  conversa- 
tions between  KRS  and  CEA  Negotiating 
Committees  are  to  be  resumed  today, 
when  it  is  understood  the  question  of 
redundancy  is  likely  to  occupy  an  im- 
portant  place   on   the   agenda. 

A  full  report  on  the  discussions  will 
be  taken  back  by  the  CEA  for  submis- 
sion to  Ceneral  Council  when  it  meets 
tomorrow. 


Fairbanks  to  Produce  "iffoiitez"  in  D.  S. 

Douglas  Fairbanks  is  planning  to  produce  "The  Romance  of  Lola  Montez"  with 
production  not  in  England  as  previously  reported,  but  in  Hollywood,  it  was  said  yes- 
terday by  Maurice  Silverstone,  general  manager  of  United  Artists,  upon  his  arrival 
here  from  England  on  the  Normandie.  Fairbanks  is  now  working  on  the  script  in  Lon- 
don.    He  will   not  appear  in   the  picture,   Silverstone  said. 

Production  plans  of  Mary  Pickfcrd  and  Charles  Chaplin  are  indefinite,  Silverstone 
stated,  although  Chaplin   is  contemplating  the  production   of  a  feature  this  Fall. 


Looks  as  Though  Selznick  Deal  Will 
Be  Set  ,  Says  Silverstone,  Returning 


A  deal  whereby  David  0.  Selznick 
will  continue  as  a  United  Artists 
producer  after  his  current  commit- 
ments have  been  fulfilled  probably 
will  be  consummated,  Maurice  Sil- 
verstone, UA  general  manager,  said 
yesterday. 

The   status   of   Selznick's   position 


with  UA  remains  the  same  as  it 
was  before  Silverstone  left  for  Eng- 
land a  few  weeks  ago,  but  the  lat- 
ter said  yesterday  that  it  "looked 
as  if  a  deal  will  be  set." 

Meanwhile,  both  in  New  York  and 
Hollywood,  there  was  growing  won- 

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KECA  Charge  for  Pix  Premiere  Airing  Irks  Coast 


West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  New  pix  vs.  radio 
"war"  was  seen  in  the  making  here 
yesterday  as  a  result  of  KECA's  ac- 
tion last  Friday  in  requiring  Metro 
to  put  it  on  the  line  for  the  airing  \ 
of  the  premiere  of  "Marie  Antoin- 
ette" at  the  Carthay  Circle. 


A  decided  tightening  of  broadcast 
participation  gratuitously  by  acting 
talent  is  indicated  as  the  first  move 
by  studios,  according  to  execs,  can- 
vassed. 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  is  report- 
ed as  paying  regular  rates  for  the 

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GB,  Gainsborough  Pix  to  be  Handled 
in  U.K.  by  Metro/  U.S.  Setup  Unchanged 


Take  Depositions  Tomorrow 
In  Suit  Against   Loew's 

West    Coast    Bureau    of    THE    FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood  —  Starting  tomorrow 
depositions  will  be  taken  from  M-G- 
M  executives  under  direction  of  At- 
torney Emil  Ellis  of  New  York  who 
was  appointed  by  Justice  Aaron 
Levy  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New 
York.  This  testimony  is  to  be  used 
later    in    the    action    instituted    by 

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London 
nounced 
whereby 
tribution 
product 
Kingdom, 
pany,    it 
tribution 
Canada. 


—  Metro  yesterday  an- 
the  completion  of  a  deal 
it  would  handle  the  dis- 
of  GB  and  Gainsborough 
throughout  the  United 
The  American  GB  corn- 
was  said,  will  retain  dis- 
rights    in    the    U.    S.    and 


Loew's  international  department 
in  New  York  yesterday  had  not  re- 
ceived   official    information    on    the 

(Continued  on  Page  6) 


Early  Consummation  Expected, 

Says  Silverstone   on 

Arrival  Here 

United  Artists  has  deals  pending 
with  two  important  English  pro- 
ducers who  are  likely  to  be  added  to 
the  company's  roster,  Maurice  Sil- 
verstone, general  manager,  revealed 
yesterday  upon  his  arrival  from 
England  on  the  Normandie.  He  de- 
clined to  name  the  prospective  pro- 
ducers but  indicated  that  negotia- 
tions would  be  consummated  shortly. 

Silverstone's  arrival  here  marks 
the  beginning  of  a  new  era  in  UA 
history,  as  his  contract  as  general 
manager  gives  him  sweeping  pow- 
ers as  head  of  world  operations  of 
the  company.    Although  UA  is  with- 

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SAPERSTEIN  FUNERAL 
RITES  IN  CHI,  TODAY 


Chicago  —  Funeral  services  for 
Aaron  A.  Saperstein,  42,  Illinois 
exhib.  leader,  who  died  suddenly 
Sunday  of  a  heart  attack  following 
his  return  late  last  week  from  New 
York  City,  will  be  held  this  morn- 
ing from  the  Weinstein  Mortuary, 
with  burial  to  follow  in  Waldheim 
Cemetery. 

Saperstein    at    the    time    of    his 

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Pommer  Here  to  Negotiate 
U.  S.  Distribution  Deals 


Erich  Pommer,  British  producer, 
arrived  on  the  Normandie  yester- 
day to  negotiate  American  distri- 
bution deals  for  two  pictures  star- 
ring Charles  Laughton.    He  brought 

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".  .  .  .and  Party" 

When  Maurice  Silverstone  arrived  from 
England  yesterday  on  the  Normandie  he 
had  with  him:  Mrs.  Silverstone,  his  two 
children,  one  nurse,  51  pieces  of  bag- 
gage,   two   dogs  and   three   canaries. 


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38  38  38 

65/8       6 1/4       63/8     ... 

35  35  35—1 


NEW    YORK    BOND    MARKET 


Keith  A-0    6s46 

Loew  6s41  ww     .  . 

Para.  B'way    3s55 

Para.  Picts.     6335. 


951/2     95 


Para.  Picts.  cv.  3'/4s47     81  81 

RKO    6:41  70         70 

Warner's   6s39    79  78 1/2 


951/2  +    U/2 

81  —     1/2 

70  

783/4      


NEW    YORK    CURB    MARKET 


3/8     5-16  3/8      .. 

3  3  3       + 


Grand     National 
Monogram    '.  icts. 

Sonotone   Corp 

Technicolor     227/8     213,4     22       —     l/4 

Trans-Lux     2'/4       2 1/4       2 1/4   +      Va 

Universal    Picts 

N.    Y.    OVER-THE-COUNTER    STOCK    MARKET 

Bid  Asked 

Pathe    Film    7    pfd 97  

Fox    Thea.    B:dg.    6i/2s    1st    '36 .  .  .  .      43/8  5% 

Loew's    Thea.    Bldg.    6s    1st    '47....    903/4  92 1/4 

Met.    Playhouse,    Inc.   5s  '43 61 3/4  63 1/4 

Roxy   Thaa.    Bldg.   6I/4S    1st   '43 49  51 


MILES 

Public   Projection   Rooms 

Two  Private  Theaters    Latest  Projection  Equipment 

Air    Conditioned — Night    Screenings 

Ample  Seating  Capacity 

Cutting    RoomH  Vault    Spare 

Inspection    Delivery    Service 
720  Seventh   Ave.  BRyant  9-5RHO 


IATSE  Label  Order  Will  I  UA  Buys  "Son  of  Sheik" 

Spur  Lab.  Organization  Rights  for  Foreign  Lands 


Active  organization  of  Eastern 
laboratories  by  Local  702  is  expected 
as  the  result  of  notice  served  by 
the  IATSE,  through  its  president, 
George  E.  Browne,  on  all  newsreel 
companies  and  producers  of  shorts 
that  the  IA  label  must  appear  on 
the   films,    effective   Aug.    1. 

The  Local  is  negotiating  new 
contracts  with  a  number  of  labora- 
tories at  the  present  time,  but  up 
to  the  present  has  not  received  out- 
right support  from  its  parent  body. 
Browne's  notification  follows  IA 
convention  action.  Delegates  unani- 
mously adopted  a  resolution  that  all 
film  processed  or  exhibited  in  this 
country  must  bear  the  Union's  label. 
In  his  letter  to  the  producers, 
Browne  merely  states  this  fact,  but 
it  was  pointed  out  yesterday  that 
with  operator  members  of  the  IA, 
it  would  be  a  simple  move  to  order 
the  operators  to  refuse  to  project 
any    film    without    the    Union    label. 

A  vigorous  organization  campaign 
will  be  pursued  by  the  Local,  John 
R.  Rusge,  president  of  702,  told 
The  Film  Daily  yesterday.  He 
forecast  that  a  closed  shop  and  com- 
plete unionization  of  every  labora- 
tory in  the  East  would  be  accom- 
plished in  the  near  future. 

At  the  present  time  the  Local  is 
negotiating  with  De  Luxe  and  a 
number  of  other  laboratories  in  New 
York,  and  it  is  expected  that  con- 
tract negotiations  will  be  concluded 
in  the  near  future. 


Harry  Richman  to  Appear 

in  Gaumont-British  Film 


Harry  Richman,  arriving  yester- 
day on  the  Normandie  from  Eng- 
land, said  that  he  will  make  a  pic- 
ture for  Gaumont  British  when  his 
present  American  commitments  are 
completed.  Richman  will  have  an 
important  part  in  the  new  Ziegfeld 
Follies  as  well  as  being  active  in 
night  club  engagements.  He  re- 
cently gave  a  special  performance 
for  the  King  and  Queen  of  England. 


Ma.  J.  H.  LaVoy  Dies 

Aurora,  111.— Maj.  J.  H.  LaVoy,  71 
veteran  theater  manager  is  dead. 


■tv7>3275?£ 


Best  wishes   from   THE   FILM   DAILY  to 

the       following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY     12 

Tod    Browning 

Jean    Hersholt 

Mike   Connolly 

Sam     Mintz 


All  distribution  rights  for  Ru- 
dolph Valentino's  "Son  of  the 
Sheik",  re-issue,  have  been  pur- 
chased from  Emil  Jensen,  Presi- 
dent of  Artcinema  Associates,  Inc., 
by  Arthur  W.  Kelly  for  United  Ar- 
tists' distribution  in  the  Argentine, 
Uruguay,  Paraguay,  Cuba,  the 
Straits   Settlements  and   Siam. 

UA  released  Valentino's  last  pic- 
tures, "The  Eagle"  and  "Son  of  the 
Sheik",  in  1925-1926,  but  after  the 
star's  death  sold  them  to  Jensen. 
English  titles  of  this  silent  film  with 
added  musical  score,  will  be  trans- 
lated  into    Spanish. 

Republic  Closes  5-Year 

Calif.   Franchise   Deal 


Closing  of  a  seventh  new  five- 
year  Republic  franchise  contract 
was  announced  yesterday  by  James 
J.  Grainger,  Republic's  prexy. 

Commitment  is  with  Floyd  St. 
John,  president  of  Republic  Pictures 
of  California.  Los  Angeles  and 
Frisco  territories  are  covered. 

Previous  deals  closed  concerned 
1  ights  in  the  Dallas,  Oklahoma  City, 
Little  Rock,  Philadelphia  and  New 
York    territories. 


Will  Continue  Parleys 

on  Stage  Hands  Contract 

First  scheduled  meeting  between 
representatives  of  Local  1,  stage- 
hands, and  Major  L.  E.  Thompson, 
of  RKO,  to  discuss  a  new  contract, 
was  held  yesterday  at  Thompson's 
office.  Meeting  was  said  to  have 
helped  clear  up  preliminary  details 
attendant  to  working  out  the  con- 
tract, and  subsequent  meetings  will 
be   held   this   week. 


Midnight  Shows  Closed 

to  Children   In  Toronto 


Toronto — By  decision  of  Mitchell 
Hepburn,  premier  of  Ontario,  chil- 
dren will  not  be  permitted  to  at- 
tend midnight  shows  in  this  prov- 
ince. 


Wiener  Reaches  Perth 

Herman  Wiener,  of  Loew's  Inter- 
national department,  has  arrived  in 
Perth,  Australia,  to  supervise  the 
remodeling  of  the  Regent  Theater. 
Alterations  include  a  new  front, 
lobby,  mezzanine  and  complete  new 
furnishings. 


Kaufman  Without  Plans 

West    Coast    Bureau    of    THE    FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood — Al  Kaufman,  who  has 
hesigned  as  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  Myron  Selznick 
company  agency,  has  made  no  new 
plans  as  yet. 


WB  Playing  "Son  of  Sheik" 

Chicago — The  Warner  Theater  cir- 
cuit will  play  Valentino's  "Son  of 
the  Sheik"  starting  with  its  ace 
Avrlon  theater.  Several  of  Warner 
managers  polled  audiences,  and  the 
vote  was  favorable. 


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ROBERT     CILLHAM,     director     of     advertis 
and    publicity    for    Paramount,    arrived    from 
Coast    yesterday. 

JOSEPH     B.     KLECKNER,    president    of    Mot 
graph,    left    yesterday    from    Chicago    for  *Ca'«v 
week     trip    through     the    Canadian     bran 
the     company.        He     is    accompanied     by^°M 
KLECKNER    and    their    daughter,    JEAN. 

HAROLD  RODNER,  Warner  exec,  left 
Coast  yesterday  for  Colorado  Springs.  He 
turns    to    his    desk    at    the    home    office    July 

A.  G.  NEVILLE  and  A.  J.  WHETTER,  Brit 
contest  winners  of  recent  M-C-M  sales  dri 
arrived  on  the  Normandie  yesterday.  MARC 
CRAHAME,  British  actress,  ERICH  POMMI  I 
English  producer,  WILLIAM  STEIN,  presid 
of  the  Music  Corporation  of  America,  HAR 
RICHMAN,  actor  and  entertainer,  and  Mi  | 
RICHMAN,  were  also  arrivals  on  the  Normand 

OSKAR  FISCHINGER,  producer  of  abstr; 
color  films,  is  in  New  York  for  a  showi 
of  several  of  his  films  in  connection  w 
tr>;  5th  Ave.  Playhouse's  First  Internatioi 
Film    Festival. 

HAYDEN  HICKOK,  film  critic  of  the  Syr 
cuse  Herald,  is  in  New  York  for  a  week,  visi 
ing  home  office  advertising-publicity  depai 
ments. 

EDWIN  JONES,  of  Paramount,  is  in  Cinci 
nafi   fcr  a   week. 


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EZRA    GOODMAN,    publicity    director    o 
55th     Street     Playhouse,     leaves     for     the     Co 
tomorrow.      He    returns  around    the   first   of  Se 
tember. 

HAROLD  SCHUSTER,  20th-Fox  director,  is  e 
route  to  the  Coast.  He  arrived  from  Engiai 
recently. 

MILTON  LEWIS,  a  Paramount  talent  scoi 
has  returned  to  the  Coast  after  a  New  Yo 
vacation. 

A.  L.  BERMAN,  New  York  attorney,  is  > 
the    Coast. 

LOU  KROUSE,  IATSE  executive,  was  in  tov 
yesterday  from  '.  hilly.  He  returned  there  la 
night. 

CHARLES  MacARTHUR,  playwright  and  ai 
thor,  plans  to  leave  the  Coast  tomorrow  f 
New  Ycrk. 

CHARLIE  RUCCLES  has  returned  to  the  Coa 
after    a    short,  stay    in    New    York. 

JACK  COHN,  vice-president  of  Columbia,  ar 
ABE  SCHNEIDER,  treasurer,  arrived  from  tl 
Coast    yesterday. 

MARY  PICKFORD  arrived  in  New  York  yei 
terday     from     Hollywood. 

HAROLD  LLOYD,  his  production  manage 
JACK  MURPHY,  and  JOE  REDDY,  publicil 
man,  arrived  from  the  Coast  yesterday  I 
attend  the  premiere  of  "Professor  Beware, 
picture    he    recently    completed    for    Paramount. 

LEOPOLD  FRIEDMAN  and  J.  ALVIN  VAI 
BERCH,  film  attorneys,  arrived  on  the  Coas 
yesterday. 

NORMAN  H.  MORAY,  Vitaphone  sales  man 
ager,  left  last  night  for  Toronto.  He  return 
the    end    of    the    week. 

A.  W.  HACKEL,  head  of  Supreme  Pictures 
has  returned  to  the  Coast  after  spending  tw< 
months    in    New    York. 

WILLIAM  G.  FORMBY,  editor  of  Box  Office 
is    here    from    Kansas    City. 


Theatre  Manager 
At  Liberty 

Thirty  years  experience  as  owner  and  man- 
ager of  many  theatres.  Know  the  moving 
picture  business  from  A  to  Z  never  had 
a  failure.  A  business  producer;  have  forced 
circuits  to  buy  me  out  on  four  different 
occasions.  Salary  no  object  (have  made 
a  lot  of  money  and  still  got  it)  cannot 
kill  eighteen  hours  a  day  doing  nothing, 
want  a  tough  proposition  or  would  con- 
sider buying,  leasing  or  partnership — 
Address  P.  O.  Box  293,  Rehoboth  Beach, 
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GOT  A  HEARTFUL  OF  MUSIC' 
'COWBOY  FROM  BROOKLYN' 

by  Richard  Whiting  « Johnny  Mercer 


DICK   FORAN  •  ANN   SHERIDAN 
JOHNNIE  DAVIS  •  RONALD  REGAN 

Screen  Play  by  Earl  Baldwin  •  From  the  Play, 'Howdy  Stranger,' by  Robt.  Sloane&Loul*  Pelletier,  Jr. 


A  COSMOPOLITAN  PROD'N 
that  comes  to  you 
with  a  ton  of  national 
newspaper  publicity 
and  a  9-Day  Day- 
Date  A  d  Campaign 


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MMONS  TO  CONFER 
M  GN  CO-TRUSTEE 


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!iay.  He  is  due  to  return  to  New 
k  next  Monday. 
is  understood  that  Hammons 
n-ked  out  a  plan  for  the  ae- 
on of  GN  which  may  be  sub- 
ted  to  the  courts  shortly. 
Jducational's  releasing  arrange- 
lt  with  20th  Century-Fox  expires 
y  31. 

mmer  Here  to  Negotiate 
U.  S.  Distribution  Deals 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

h  him  prints  of  "Vessel  of 
,ath"  and  "St.  Martin's  Lane." 
'ommer  said  that  Laughton's 
:t  picture  will  be  "Jamaica  Inn," 
dch  will  have  Alfred  Hitchcock 
the  director.  Pommer  plans  to 
aain  in  New  York  about  two 
eks.  He  said  that  Laughton,  him- 
f,  probably  would  arrive  in  New 
rk   shortly. 

Jnder  his  present  schedule,  Pom- 
r  is  producing  three  pictures 
ery  18  months  for  Mayflower 
ms.  He  was  accompanied  by  Mrs. 
mmer. 


ike  Depositions  Tomorrow 

In  Suit  Against   Loew's 



(Continued  from  Page  1) 

?ven  stockholders  of  Loew's,  Inc., 
ainst  the  board  of  directors  of 
ew's  charging  that  $30,000,000  has 
en  expended  in  the  past  10  years 

waste,  mismanagement,  excessive 
laries  and  bonuses  and  asking  that 
ntracts  held  by  Loew's  executives 

abrogated.  Louis  B.  Mayer,  Al 
chtman,  Hunt  Stromberg,  Edward 
annix,  Sam  Katz,  Bernie  Hyman, 
any  Rapf,  Benjamin  Thau,  Mer- 
n  LeRoy  and  Nicholas  Nayfack  are 
nong  the  executives  to  be  exam- 
ed.  Four  New  York  legal  firms 
ill  represent  the  plaintiff  and 
:dge  Joseph  Proskauer,  J.  Alvin 
anbergh  and  Leopold  Friedman, 
meral  counsel  for  Loew's,  Inc.,  will 
^present  the  defendants. 


2C  yE4P/  A6C 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Friday,  July  12, 
'18: 

NEW  ROCHELLE— Lillian  Walker  Producing 
J.  starts  at  the  Thanhouser  plant;  first  pix  is 
The    Embarrassment   of    Riches." 

NEW  YORK— U.  S.  Cov't  has  taken  the 
'harton  production,  "The  Eagle's  Eye,"  made 
Ithaca,   for  propaganda   use  in   Mexico. 

NEW  YORK— Coldwyn  has  acquired  film  rights 
"A  Perfect  Lady,"  by  Channing  Pollock  and 
^nnold  Wolf,  for  Madge  Kennedy. 

NEW  YORK— Denis  J.  Sullivan  resigns  as  as- 
■stant   general    manager   of    Mutual    Film. 

Yes,  20   Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures! 


with  PHIL  H.  DALY 

T  T  ▼ 


•  •      •      YOU  CAN  get  most  anything at  a  film  theater  these 

days including   of   course   movin'   pitchers but  it   was   left   ior 

T.  B.  Noble,  Jr who  operates  the  State  Theater down  Okla- 
homa City  way to  come  through  with  a of  all  things! 

political  campaign  issue T.  B.  did  it  unwittingly but  he   did 

it and   so  provided    a   "first" for   that  book It   all   goes 

back  to  the  last  session of  the  the  Oklahoma  Legislature 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     AS  A  prank and  with  a  sly  "dig" at  pass 

mooching  proclivities on  the  part  of  at  least  some of 

Oklahoma's  solons Noble  sent  the  legislators a  10  by  12 

inch    yellow    cardboard special    "legislative"    pass the 

resulting   squeals   from   indignant   representatives could    be 

heard  in  the  next  county and  the  legislature  spent  three  days 

arguing  about  it and  raking  Noble  over  the  coals 

T  T  T 

•  •      •      THE  incident  long  since  was  supposedly  forgotten but 

not  by  one  aspirant  to  a house  seat  in  an  Oklahoma  City  dis- 
trict  the    candidate    secured    a    pass and    displayed    it    to   his 

campaign   audiences pointing    out    that    the    last    legislature 

spent  $3,200    of   the   pee-pul's   money a   day   for   three   days 

arguing   about   the   giant    Annie   Oakley while    important    state   biz 

lay  tabled And  is  Noble's  State  cashing  In on  the  publi- 
city! !  !  I   

T  T  T 

•  •  •  SPEAKING  of  publicity  strategy  by  enterprising 
showmen we  sorta  like  the  stunt put  over  by  the  man- 
agement  of  the  Balaban  Circuit's  Esquire in  old  Chi- 
cago  night    buses    of   the    Gray    Line sight-seeing   fleet 

draw  up  in  front  of  the  Gold  Coast  house and  the  bus 

spieler describes  its  equipment and  mentions  its  policy 

of  presenting an  Hour  of  Charm meaning  60  minutes  of 

shorts Not  bad in  fact,  dam'  clever 

T  T  ▼ 

•  •      •     IF  YOU'LL  think  back  to  the  days when  RKO  Radio 

was    preparing    to    picturize Louisa    M.    Alcott's    lavender-and-old- 

lace  classic "Little  Women" you'll  remember  there  was  some 

talk about  modernizing   the   story but  RKO   took   the   gamble 

by  keeping the  setting  and  spirit with  the  word  pictures  of 

the    author the    gamble    is    now    paying    dividends with    the 

re-issue    of    the    film for   there's    nothing    to    "date"    it if    the 

"modernists"    had    had    their    way back    in    '33 there    might 

be  snickers for  as  the  New  York  World's  Fair   1939  has  it 

time  tears  on 

T  T  T 

•  •  •  UNIVERSAL  is  giving  its  forthcoming  "Dark  Rap- 
ture" an  impressive  buildup latest  move  has  a  radio  setting 

tonight when  Benny  Goodman,  king  of  the  jitterbugs 

introduces  a  "swing  symphony" inspired  by  12  African  jungle 

music  recordings made  by  Armand  Denis leader  of  the 

expedition  which  filmed the  feature  in  the  Belgian  Congo 

One  guess  as  to  the  title  of  the  piece right. ....  .it's 

"Dark  Rapture." 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     ANDREW    W.    KELLY.    Washington    Times    critic has 

made   Loew  hearts   beat   just   a   little   faster by   giving   places   to 

eight   Metro   pix .among    the    "25    best    pictures" ..released    in 

the  first  six  months  of  '38 And  did  you  know  that the  Scripps- 

Howard  film  critics  have  picked  Metro's "Three  Comrades" 

as  the  "picture  hit  of  the  month"  for  June? 


SILVERSTONE  EXPECTS 
SELZNIGK  TO  REMAIN 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

derment  over  the  exact  status  of 
"Gone  With  the  Wind".  While  it 
was  "unofficially"  disclosed  some 
time  ago  that  Metro  would  distrib- 
ute, with  Norma  Shearer  and  Clark 
Gable  co-starring,  no  official  an- 
nouncement from  either  S-I  or  M-G- 
M  has  been  forthcoming. 


Columbia  Issues  Stock 

Options  to  Three  Execs. 

Report  to  the  Curb  Exchange  re- 
vealed yesterday  that  Columbia  has 
issued  transferable  options  on  25,- 
000  shares  of  its  stock  to  three  offi- 
cers at  $13,875  a  share.  Samuel  J. 
Briskin  has  an  option  on  10,000 
shares,  of  which  7,500  shares  can  be 
taken  down  any  time  before  Aug. 
10,  1943,  and  the  balance  between 
June  10,  1940,  and  Aug.  10,  1943. 

Abe  Schneider  has  an  option  on 
7,500  shares  which  may  be  bought 
at  the  option  price  any  time  before 
Aug.  10,  1943.  A.  Montague's  op- 
tion on  7,500  shares  runs  to  Aug. 
10,  1941. 

The  option  is  subject  to  stock- 
holders' approval  and  also  to  the 
listing  of  the  additional  common  and 
voting  trust  certificates. 


RKO  Takes  Rowland  Spanish 
Pix  for  Latin-Am.  Market 


First  Spanish  pix  to  be  made  at 
Eastern  Service  Studio  by  William 
Rowland,  indie  producer,  for  RKO 
Radio  release  in  the  Latin-American 
market  will  be  "The  Glamour  Girl", 
it  was   announced   yesterday. 

Phil  Reisman,  RKO  Radio  foreign 
sales  chief,  recently  returned  from 
a  South  American  trip,  during  which 
he  closely  studied  the  possibilities 
of  the  Latin-American  market. 

"The  Glamour  Girl"  will  go  into 
production  on  Aug.  10,  and,  under 
the  deal  just  closed,  will  be  followed 
by  several  others.  Total  of  $100,000 
to  $150,000  will  be  spent  on  the 
Rowland  production  schedule  as  now 
shaped. 


Sloane  Quits  as  Disney 

Eastern  Representative 

Hal  Sloane,  Eastern  representa- 
tive for  Walt  Disney  Enterprises, 
yesterday  announced  his  resignation 
after  4%  years  with  the  organiza- 
tion. Sloane  was  associated  with 
Disney  during  the  latter's  United 
Artists  and  RKO  affiliations  and 
prior  to  his  Disney  connection  was 
with  Trans-Lux. 


Bicycling  "Robin   Hood" 

Chicago  —  Demand  for  "Robin 
Hood"  prints  are  so  great,  that  a 
couple  of  the  northside  theaters  had 
to  bicycle  the  prints  back  and  forth 
between  the  houses  in  order  to  give 
a  full  performance. 


■ 


Tuesday,  July  12,  1 


DAILY 


UA  IN  DEALS  WITH  2 
MORE  BRIT.  PRODUCERS 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

out  a  president,  it  is  understood  that 
Silverstone  has  all  the  authority  of 
such  office. 

It  is  not  likely  that  a 
successor  to  Dr.  A.  H.  Giannini, 
who  resigned  from  the  presidency 
in  May,  will  be  elected  until  the 
stockholders  hold  their  annual  meet- 
ing early  in  November,  according 
to  Silverstone.  The  latter  dodged 
questions  connecting  him  with  the 
ultimate  official  title. 

The  recent  expansion  of  UA's  pub- 
licity and  advertising  department, 
whereby  Lynn  Farnol  was  named 
director,  was  instituted  by  Silver- 
stone, who  instructed  George  J. 
Schaefer,  vice-president,  to  nego- 
tiate the  realignment.  Silverstone 
said  that  he  knew  of  the  contem- 
plated changes  before  he  departed 
for  England  a  few  weeks  ago. 

Schaefer,  Silverstone  said,  has  not 
yet  signed  a  reported  new  contract 
as  head  of  distribution,  but  he  as- 
serted that  the  terms  of  the  pact 
have  been  agreed  upon.  Schaefer's 
present  contract  does  not  expire  un- 
til March. 

UA's  European  activities,  which 
formerly  were  under  Silverstone's 
supervision,  are  now  handled  by  E. 
T.  Carr  and  George  Archibald  who 
will  act  as  co-directors.  The  only 
other  change  in  the  European  setup 
was  the  appointment  of  Louis  Lewis 
as  secretary-treasurer  of  the  35 
subsidiary  companies  in  England 
and  the  Continent. 

Ninety-nine  p.c.  of  UA's  Europ- 
ean business  is  handled  on  a  straight 
percentage  basis,  which  is  true  of 
95  p.c.  of  the  contracts  made  by 
other  companies.  The  company  will 
demand  straight  percentage  pacts 
on  all  deals  made  in  the  U.  S.,  Sil- 
verstone said,  adding  that  there  was 
no  truth  in  the  printed  report  that 
the  Hal  Roach  pictures  would  be 
sold  on  a  flat  rental  basis. 

Silverstone  will  maintain  his 
headquarters  in  New  York  but 
plans  to  make  frequent  trips  to 
the  Coast  and  periodic  visits  to 
Europe. 


Report  Maxwell  Quits  GB  Directorate 

London    (By   Cable) — John    Maxwell    yesterday   was    reported    to   have    resigned   as   a 
director   of   Gaumont-British.      No   official    statement   was   obtainable. 


Maxwell  and  Associated  British  Pictures  are  plaintiffs  in  a  $3,000,000  damage 
action  pending  in  England  against  the  Ostrers  and  resulting  from  alleged  misrepresenta- 
tion   in   the   sale   of   an    interest    in   GB. 


Harold  Lloyd  Considers 

Making  Para.  British  Pix 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

"What  Ho,"  by  Richard  Connell, 
which  Emanuel  Cohen  purchased  as 
a  Gary  Cooper  vehicle  prior  to  the 
withdrawal  of  Cohen's  Major  Pic- 
tures  from    Paramount. 

The  decision,  it  was  said  yester- 
day, rests  with  Paramount's  will- 
ingness to  handle  the  picture.  Rose 
and  Lloyd  are  just  beginning  their 
conversations  on  the  subject  and  an 
announcement  may  be  made  shortly. 


Metro  to  Distribute  GB, 

Gainsborough  Pix  in  U.  K. 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

consummation  of  the  Metro-GB- 
Gainsborough  deal  although  it  was 
known  that  negotiations  were  pend- 
ing. From  other  sources  it  was  said 
that  the  contract  calls  for  the  dis- 
tribution of  only  three  GB  pictures 
in  the  United  Kingdom. 

Arthur  Loew,  foreign  department 
head,  is  away  on  a  brief  vacation 
and  other  officials  were  not  suffi- 
ciently familiar  with  the  deal  to 
make  further  comment. 


KECA  Charge  for  Airing 

Pix  Premieres  Irks  Coast 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

CBS  network  airing  of  "Alexander's 
Ragtime  Band"  on  Aug.  3,  and  the 
future  policy  of  all  majors  appears 
to  be  "You  Pay  Your  Way  and 
We'll  Pay  Ours." 


Crosby  Air  Pact 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 

Hollywood — Bing  Crosby  is  reported 
as  having  signed  a  new  10-year  radio 
ticket  with  Kraft  Cheese  without  op- 
tions. Said  to  be  unique  in  radio's 
history. 


Warners,  Columbia  Close 
Wilmer  &  Vincent   Deals 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

plete  WB  lineup  for  1938-39.  Wal- 
ter Vincent  and  Joe  Eagan  acted 
for  the  circuit. 

Columbia  signed  a  three-year 
franchise,  said  to  be  the  longest 
yet  negotiated  by  that  company. 
Louis  Astor,  circuit  sales  executive 
and  Harry  Weiner,  Philadelphia 
manager,  handled  the  negotiations 
for  Columbia  and  Eagan  represent- 
ed Wilmer  &  Vincent. 


No  SWG-SP  Hearing 

West    Coast   Bureau   of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood — It  is  understood  that 
Dr.  Towne  Nylander  will  forward 
to  Washington  the  various  protests 
that  have  been  made  by  film  com- 
panies regarding  the  conduct  of  the 
recent  screen  writers  election  but 
that  no  hearing  will  be  heard  unless 
ordered  by  national  officers  of  the 
NLRB. 


"Remous"  Order  Served 

Albany  —  Show  cause  order  re- 
cently brought  against  Dr.  Irwin 
Esmond,  state  censor  and  the  Dept. 
of  Education  by  Arthur  Mayer  and 
Joseph  Burstyn,  distributors  of 
"Remous"  was  served  yesterday. 
Signed  by  Supreme  Court  Justice 
Schenck,  the  order  gives  the  Depart- 
ment 20  days  to  file  a  return. 


Loew's  to  Play  GB  Pix 

Deal  with  Loew's  Metropolitan 
circuit  to  play  "The  Show  Goes  On", 
new  Gaumont  British  picture,  was 
completed  last  week,  it  was  an- 
nounced yesterday  by  GB. 

Heart  Attack  Kills  Grimm 

Darlington,  Wis. — J.  E.  Grimm, 
66,  former  manager  of  the  Orpheum 
Theater  here,  died  suddenly  at  his 
home  of  a  heart  attack.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  wife  and  a   daughter. 

Carl   Niesse   III 

Indianapolis — Carl  Niesse,  opera- 
tor of  the  Vogue  Theater,  is  con- 
fined to  home  with  summer  influenza. 


Blystone  Will  Scout  46 

Eastern  "Little  Theaters" 


SAPERSTEIN  FUNERAL 

RITES  IN  CHI.  TOD) 


West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — To  make  a  flying  tour 
of  the  so-called  "straw-hat"  circuit 
in  a  search  for  story  possibilities 
and  talent  for  the  Hal  Roach  stu- 
dios, where  he  is  under  term  con- 
tract, Director  John  G.  Blystone 
will  leave  by  plane  for  the  East 
Friday.  Blystone  will  be  back  at 
the  Roach  studios  by  Aug.   1. 


"I  Married  an  Angel"  Pix 

Rights  Held  at  $250,000 

West    Coast   Bureau   of    THE   FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood — M-G-M,  already  said 
to  have  a  50  per  cent  interest  in  "I 
Married  an  Angel,"  is  reported  dick- 
ering for  the  film  rights,  with  $250,- 
000  supposedly  asked  by  Rodgers 
and  Hart.  That  would  mean  $125,- 
000  for  the  two,  who  hold  the  other 
half  interest,  according  to  reports 
here. 


W.  Tom  Blair  Dies 

Oklahoma  City— W.  Tom  Blair, 
51,  for  the  past  15  years  a  district 
sales  manager  for  the  Griffith 
Amusement  Co.  died  after  a  long 
illness  on  his  farm  near  Alma,  Ark., 
to  which  he  retired  six  months  ago. 
Prior  to  his  last  connection  he  op- 
erated theaters  in  Poteau,  Fairfax, 
Tonkawa  and  Enid  in  Oklahoma  as 
well  as  Lubbock,  Pampa  and  Borger 
in  Texas.  He  was  buried  in  Memor- 
ial Park  here.  Surviving  are  his 
wife,  five  sons  and  a  daughter  as 
well  as  his  brother,  Sam  Blair,  of 
Belleville,   Kansas. 


Mrs.  Emily  Klinger  Dead 

Cleveland  —  Mrs.  Emily  Klinger, 
wife  of  Sandor  Klinger,  prominent 
Cleveland  exhib.,  died  at  Lake- 
side Hospital.  She  had  been  in  poor 
health  for  several  months.  Surviv- 
ing are  her  husband,  two  married 
daughters,  and  a  brother,  Oscar 
Stotter,  who  is  associated  with 
Klinger  in  the  operation  of  the  Ritz 
and  Ambassador  Theaters.  Mrs. 
Klinger  was  active  in  philanthropic 
work. 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

death  was  serving  his  ninth  term 
president   of  Allied   Theaters   of 
linois  and  was  also  a  regionaL^vi 
president  of  Allied  States.     1      1 
been  engaged  in  the  film  biz  for 
years,  starting  as  an  errand  boy 
the  Globe  Film  Exchange  when  oi 
14. 

Rising  with  Globe  to  the  ass 
tant  managership,  he  resigned 
join  Mutual  in  that  capacity  a 
later  became  general  manag 
Leaving  Mutual,  he  operated  an 
die  exchange  for  a  two-year  peri 
after  which  he  entered  the  exhil 
tion  field. 

Pallbearers  will  number  Jo 
Balaban,  Henri  Elman,  Ben  Bart 
stein,  Eddie  Silverman,  Joe  Stei 
Julius  Goodman,  Charles  Nelsi 
and   Alderman  Jacob  Arvey. 

Expected  to  attend  the  rites  ar 
Al  Steffes,  president  of  Northwe 
Allied,  and  Ben  Berger,  both 
Minneapolis;  Harold  Fitzgeral 
Milwaukee,  and  possibly  Abram 
Myers,  Allied  general  counsel,  Wasl 
ington. 

Survivors  include  his  widow,  ta 
sons,  Henry  and  Seymour;  ta 
brothers,  Herman  and  Meyer,  an 
two  married  sisters. 


Saper stein,  apparently  in  perfe 
health,  spent  several  days  in  Ne 
York  last  week  as  one  of  Chi.  del 
gation  desirous  of  solving  clea 
ance  and  duals  problems  existent 
the  Windy  City. 


Myers  Pays  Warm  Tribute 
to  Late  Aaron  Saperstei 


West   Coast   Bureau  of     'HE   FILM   DAIL\ 

Washington  —  Abram  F.  Myers 
board  chairman  and  general  counsel 
of  Allied  States,  yesterday  paid  this 
tribute  to  the  late  Aaron  S.  Saper-  j 
stein,  Allied  exec,  whose  death  oc-g 
curred  suddenly  in  Chicago  Sunday:" 

"Constructively  independent,  alert' 
to  protect  the  interests  of  his  mem-j 
bers,  staunch  in  his  support  of  na- 
tional Allied,  loyal  to  his  friends, 
the  passing  of  Aaron  Saperstein , 
grieves  me  deeply  and  leaves  a  gap 
in  the  ranks  which  it  will  be  diffi- 
cult to  fill." 


Moscow  Next! 

Paris  (By  Cable)  —  Howard  Hughes, 
who  arrived  here  yesterday  after  span- 
ning the  Atlantic  from  New  York  in, 
16V2  hours,  plans  to  hop  off  today  for 
Moscow. 


Radio  announcements  last  night  stat- 
ed that  Hughes'  plane  struck  a  rock 
in  attempting  to  leave  Le  Bourget  field 
and    damaged    the    landing    gear. 


^ 


3.d  ANNUAL  AMPA  AWARDS 

MEDAL  AND  PRIZE -WINNING  LUNCHEON 


WALDORF     ASTORIA 

(SERT    ROOM) 

Thursday,   July  14  .  .  .  12:30  Noon  .  .  .  Tariff  $2 

Reservations  Now. ..Herb  Berg,  Room  1250,  Paramount  Bldg 


COPY  AND  LAYOUT  .  .  MARTIN  STARR 
DESIGN  .  .  'HAP'  HADLEY  STUDIO 
TYPOGRAPHY . .  TYPOGRAPHIC  DESIGNERS 
CUT  .  .  CITY    PHOTO   ENGRAVING 


HERE'S  POWERHOUSE  at  the  BOX  OFFICE! 


II 


The  "Dead  End"  kids  break  loose  ...A  title  that 
grabs  from  the  start.  . .  a  drama  with  pounding 
mass  appeal. . .  that  hits  where  it  hurts—v/ith  what 
it  takes  to  line  them  up  at  the  cashier  s  window! 

THE    NEW   UNIVERSAL   PRESENTS 

THE  "DEAD  END"  KIDS 

222 

LITTLE  TOUGH  GUY 


FLASH  REVIEW  "Hollywood, 
July  7.  —  'Little  Tough  Guy' 
(Universal)  —  Fast-moving 
drama  of  slums  featuring  'Dead 
End'  kids.  In  acting,  story,  pro- 
duction, direction,  picture 
compares  favorably  with  any- 
thing in  which  this  talented 
group  of  youngsters  has  ap- 
peared and  should  fare  pro- 
portionately in  boxoffice  pop- 
ularity and  patronage.  Billy 
Halop,  HuntzHall  particularly 
splendid  in  well-rounded  cast. 
Ken  Goldsmith  produced. 
Harold  Young  directed." 
BOX    OFFICE 


World  Premiere 

New  Orleans 

Thursday,  July  7 ! 

National  Release 
July  22 ! 


with 


HELEN  PARRISH  .  JACKIE  SEARL  .  ROBERT  WILCOX  -  BILLY  HALOP 
Huntz  Hall  •  Gabriel  Dell  •  Bernard  Punsly  •  Hally  Chester.  David  Gore  ey 

Screen  Play  by  Gilson  Brown  and  Brenda  Weisberg  •  Directed  by  Harold  Young  •  Associate  Producer,  Ken  Goldsmith 


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ntimate  in  Character 
nternational  in  Scope 
ndependent    in    Thought 


DO    fSiOT    R£iViOVi£ 


The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now  Twenty  Years  Old 


^,74,  NO.  10 


NEW  YORK,  WEDNESDAY.  JULY  13,  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


!V£C  Chairman  Lists  Five  Subjects  for  Monopoly  Study 

INITED  ARTISTS  1938-39JUD6ET  AT  $30100,000 

triggs'  Contract  Renewed  for  Three  Years  by  Pathe 


Private 

.  .  .  but  it  isn't 

By  CHESTER  B.  BAHN= 


CK  up  a  daily  paper  in  almost  any  size- 
able town   these  days,  and   it's  virtually 

00  to  1  shot  that  you'll  find  a  reference 
or  a  discussion  of,  this  industry's  private 

airs.     Or  what  should   be  its  private  af- 

5. 

Quality  and  quantity  of  pictures,  produc- 

i  costs,  trade  practices,  exhibitor  squawks 

1  many  another  associated  or  kindred  sub 
t  provides   innumerable   texts   for  editor- 
writers,  for  columnists  and  for  reviewers 
I  critics. 

The  industry's  linen  is  thoroughly  washed 
I  then  re-laundered,  East  and  West,  North 

(I  South,  and  the  film-goer,  reading  what 
tears  in  print,  must  reach  the  inevitable 
elusion  that  there's  slight  reason  for  mak- 
the  effort  required  to  attend  his  fa- 
ire  pix  house,  be  it  down-town  first-run 
nabe  devoted  to  subsequents. 
o 

O  set  that  down  here  admittedly  is  say- 

|  ing    little    if    anything    that    actually    is 

w.     But  here  is  an  angle  that  it  might  be 

'II  to  ponder:  To  what  extent  is  this  in- 

stry's  own  press — or  a  certain  part  of  it — 

ponsible    for   what   the    editorial   writers, 

umnists,  reviewers  and  critics  are  saying? 

Analyze  what  the  lay  press  boys  and  girls 

|s   writing,   and   you    will   find    the    results 

lightening.     Further,  if  you  have  the  time 

d   inclination   tune  in  on   some   of  radio's 

•n  commentators  and  you'll  make  a  similar 

covery.     A  couple  of  the  most  disturbing 

ashings"  over  the  air  recently  were  based 

on  what  had  been  printed  in  trade  publi- 

jtions. 

Constructive  criticism  ceases  to  be  con- 
uctive  when  it  becomes  a  tool  for  the 
-structionists.  At  least,  that's  this  ob- 
rver's  viewpoint. 


iOVING  along,  your  attention  is  re-in- 
"*  vited  to  these  two  paragraphs,  the  es- 
nce  of  an  interview  given  in  Paris  the 
ler  day  by  20th-Fox's  Darryl  F.  Zanuck: 
"I  fear  that  the  average  exhibitor  feels 
at  a  big  picture  will  carry  itself.  Basing 
s  conclusions  on  the  reports  of  successful 
hibition  in  other  situations,  he  presupposes 
(.Continued  on  Page  2) 


Board     Acts     at     Adjourned 

Meeting — New    Lab.   for 

West  Coast 

Contract  of  O.  Henry  Briggs  as 
president  of  Pathe  Film  was  re- 
newed for  a  three-year  term  at  an 
a  d  j  o  u  r  ned 
meeting  o  f 
the  com- 
pany's board 
o  f  directors 
y  e  s  t  e  rday 
it  was  an- 
nounced last 
night. 

Briggs  was 
re-elected  to 
the  presi- 
dency at  a 
meeting  o  n 
April  26. 


O.   Henry    Briggs         Pathe 
plans    to    operate    a    laboratory    in 

(Continued  on   Page   3) 


NEW  ORLEANS  TO  TAX 
ALL  ADULT  TICKETS 


New  Orleans — Revised  so  as  to 
tax  all  adult  admissions  regardless 
of  the  amount  involved  and  ex- 
tended to  cover  football  games  and 
concerts,  this  city's  new  amusement 
tax  ordinance  is  now  ready  for  pas- 
sage by  the  commission  council. 

The    ordinance,   which   is   author- 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


FIRST  LICENSE 
TO  TELE  HOUSE 

Initial  Performance   in 
Boston    Tonight 


Boston — The  Massachusetts  Tele- 
vision Institute  has  received  what 
is  said  to  be  the  first  license  to  op- 
erate a  television  theater  in  the 
U.  S. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  license, 
the  Institute  is  authorized  to  give 
continuous  sight-sound  performances 
from  7  to  10  p.m.  daily  except  Sun- 
days. 

Initial  telecast  will  be  presented 
on  a  screen  in  Television  Hall  to- 
night, according  to  President  Porter 
Evans   of  MTI. 


MPTOA  TO  SET  MEET 
PLANS  LATE  IN  MONTH 


Oklahoma  City — Morris  Loewen- 
stein,  secretary  of  the  MPTOA,  has 
returned  from  New  York  City  after 
drawing  up  tentative  plans  for  the 
1938  MPTOA  convention  unofficial- 
ly set  for  Oklahoma  City  in  Octo- 
ber. Loewenstein  has  announced 
that  plans  will  be  given  final  appro- 
val during  the  last  week  of  this 
month  or  the  first  week  of  August. 


O'Alcr/ioney  Lists  Five  Monopoly  Study 
Topics/  Scrutiny  of  Films  Expected 


Lloyd  Confirms  He  May 

Produce  W.  C.  Fields  Pix 


Printed  reports  from  the  Coast 
yesterday  to  the  effect  that  Harold 
Lloyd  and  W.  C.  Fields  would  form 
an    alliance    whereby    Fields    would 

(Continued  on  Page  5) 


Washington  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Washington  —  Regardless  o  f 
whether  the  National  Economic 
Committee  accedes  to  Allied's 
specific  request  for  an  industry 
probe  or  not,  the  agenda  of  the 
NEC,  as  outlined  by  Chairman  Jos- 
eph C.  O'Mahoney,  virtually  assures 
(Continued  on  Page  4) 


Silverstone    Gives    Board    Re- 
sume of  World   Biz 
Conditions 

Coincident  with  the  meeting  yes- 
terday of  United  Artists'  board  of 
directors,  it  was  learned  that  UA's 
budget  for  the  1938-39  program 
would  approximate  $30,000,000.  This 
figure  represents  the  combined  pro- 
duction costs  of  the  six  UA  pro- 
ducers, plus  Douglas  Fairbanks' 
single  contribution  which  is  reported 
to  be  made  in  Hollywood  late  this 
Fall. 

Yesterday's  board  meeting  was 
the   first   at   which   Maurice   Silver- 

(Continued  on  Page  6) 

ASCAP'S  INJUNCTION 
IN  FORCE  IN  FLORIDA 


Pensacola  —  Hearing  in  Federal 
court  of  Florida's  action  seeking  to 
vacate  the  injunction  granted  Ascap 
to  restrain  the  Attorney  General 
from  carrying  out  the  provisions  of 
the  so-called  anti-Ascap  law,  result- 
ed in  an  impasse.  The  State  con- 
tended that  since  its  late  Attorney 

(Continued  on  Page  6) 

1,000  in  Attendance  at 
Funeral  of  Aaron  Saperstein 

Chicago — Funeral  of  Aaron  Sap- 
erstein, conducted  by  the  Masonic 
Lodge  No.  10,  A  and  F  M,  was 
attended  by  1,000  persons.  A 
eulogy  of  the  deceased  was 
given    at    the    mortuary    by    Judge 

(Continued  on  Page   7) 


"Jane  Arden"  to  WB 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Warners  will  bring  "Jane 
Arden,"  cartoon  strip,  to  the  screen 
under  a  deal  closed  with  the  Des  Moines 
Register  and  Tribune  Syndicate.  "Jane 
Arden"  is  already  on  the  air,  sponsored 
by  the  Ward  Baking  Co.  over  the 
NBC  Blue  network.  Strip  appears  in 
100  dailies,  and  is  the  work  of  Monte 
Barrett  and  Russell  Ross.  Warners  plan 
a  contest  to  cast  the  title  role  in  the 
series  of  pix. 


w 


DAILY 


Wednesday,  July  13, 


Vol.74,  No.  10        Wed.,  July  13,  1938        10  Cents 


JOHN    W.    ALICOATE 


:      Publisher 


DONALD    M.    MERSEREAU     :     General    Manager 
CHESTER   B.   BAHN  :      :      :      :      :    Editor 


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NEW  YORK   STOCK   MARKET 

Net 
High     Low     Close     Chg. 

Am.     Seat 123/4     123/4     12%   +      Vi 

Columbia    Picts.    vtc.    14         14         14       +     Vis 

Columbia    Picts.    pfd 

Con.     Fm.     Ind 

Con.    Fm.     Ind.    pfd.       7  6%       ^       +     V* 

East.    Kodak     170       170       170       —  1 

do    pfd 168       168       168       +3 

Gen.  Th.   Eq 

Loew's,    Inc 51  %     50y2     51  Va   +     % 

do    pfd 

Paramount    1 1 V2     103/8     11%+     % 

Paramount    1st    pfd 

Paramount    2nd    pfd..    liy2     1 1  Vs     H'/2   +     V4 

Pathe    Film    6V4       5%       6Vi   +     % 

RKO     2%      25/8      23/4  +     i/4 

20th    Century-Fox    ..   25         24%     24%   +     Vl 

20th  Century-Fox  pfd 

Univ.    Pict.    pfd 

Warner    Bros 6%       6'/g       6%   +     % 

do    pfd 


NEW   YORK    BOND    MARKET 

Keith    A-0   6s46 86         86         86—1 

Loew   6s41ww    100         99%  100         

Para.     B'way    3s55 

Para.     Picts.     6s55...95V2     95         95  Vi     

Para.  Picts.  cv.  3  %s47    823/4     823^     82 3,4  +  1% 

RKO    6s41     

Warner's    6s39    7834     783/8     783/8  —     % 

NEW   YORK    CURB    MARKET 

Grand    National     ....        %         %         %     

Monogram    Picts.     .  .  .     2%       234       2%  —     Vs 

Sonotone    Corp 

Technicolor    23 Vi     22%     22%   +     % 

Trans-Lux     2%       2%       2%     

Universal    Picts 

N.   Y.   OVER-THE-COUNTER   STOCK   MARKET 

Bid      Askec1 

Pathe     Film     7     pfd 97         

Fox  Thea.   Bldg.  61/2s   1st  '36 43/8       5% 

Loew's  Thea.  Bldg.  6s  1st  '47 91  Vi     93 

Met.    Playhouse,    Inc.    5s    '43   61%     63% 

Roxy  Thea.    Bldg.   6%s   1st  '43 49         51 


SAFETY  | 

LLOYDS 

FILM  STORAGE  CORP. 
Storage   by  Reel  or  Vault 

729  Seventh  Ate. 
New   York  City 
RRvant   9-S600 

SECURITY 

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but  it  isn't 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 
SRO    business    and,    desiring    to    get    by    as 
economically  as  possible,  he  cuts  his  adver- 
tising expenditures  and  leaves  the  matter  of 
his  grosses  to  the  Fates. 

"If  we  in  Hollywood  think  it  advisable 
to  spend  tremendous  sums  in  the  production 
of  a  story,  then  it  would  seem  hard  common 
sense  that  the  theater  man  must  re-echo 
this  confidence  in  the  form  of  greater  effort 
on  his  part." 

It  was  never  phrased  better. 


Kingsberg  Paid  $25,000 

by  RKO,  SEC  Is  Advised 

Washington    Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Washington  —  Keith-Albee-Orph- 
eum  Corp.  and  B.  F.  Keith  Corp. 
have  filed  reports  with  the  SEC,  dis- 
closing that  the  Board  of  Directors 
of  K-A-0  voted  approval  on  April 
19,  of  payment  by  RKO  Service 
Corp.  of  $25,000  yearly  to  Malcolm 
Kingsberg.  The  salary  is  effective 
since  Jan.  1,  1938. 

The  K-A-0  report  also  revealed 
that  the  Lowell  Theater  Co.,  which 
was  organized  June  20,  1938,  has 
issued  100  shares  of  its  capital  stock 
to  K-A-0  for  $1,000.  The  100 
shares  represents  100  per  cent  of 
the  voting  power. 


Independent  Exhibitors 

Planning  Product  Survey 

Boston  —  Independent  Exhibitors, 
Allied's  New  England  affiliate,  at  a 
special  meeting  yesterday  discussed 
the  product  situation  and  the  deals 
that  have  already  been  offered  ex- 
hibitors. These  were  compared  with 
last  year's. 

A  product  survey  will  be  insti- 
tuted shortly  taking  the  guise  of 
a  pool  among  exhibitors  dealing  with 
the  various  aspects  of  deals  taken 
or  offered.  Exhibitors  were  urged 
to  postpone  deals  and  adopt  a  wait- 
ing attitude  until  the  product  situa- 
tion is   clarified. 

Nathan  Yamins,  president  of  Al- 
lied,  presided. 


British  Theater  Building 
Reported  to  be  Down  25% 

London  (By  Cable) — British  the- 
ater construction  is  estimated  to  be 
down  about  25  per  cent.  Neverthe- 
less, 10  theaters  are  now  under  con- 
struction; they  will  add  12,000  seats. 


Gilpin,   Murphy  Leave  WB 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  Joe  Gilpin,  studio 
business  manager,  has  resigned  at 
Warner  Bros,  and  Frank  Murphy, 
head  of  the  electrical  department 
for  the  past  18  years,  has  been  re- 
tired with  pay.  Carol  Sax  will  take 
over  Gilpin's  duties,  working  under 
the  supervision  of  Tenny  Wright, 
production  manager. 


Decatur  Bank  Night  Case 
Regarded  as  Test  In  Ind. 

Decatur,  Ind. — Police  authorities 
recently  seized  bank  night  equip- 
ment at  the  Adams  Theater  in  con- 
nection with  a  suit  now  pending  in 
the  Justice  of  Peace  Court  of  John 
T.  Kelley.  The  suit,  regarded  as  a 
test  case,  was  filed  by  Jess  LeBrun, 
owner  of  the  Cort  Theater  here, 
against  I.  A.  and  Roy  Kalver,  own- 
ers of  the  Adams  and  Madison  the- 
aters. 

The  raid  occurred  immediately 
after  the  drawing,  police  said,  on  a 
warrant  issued  by  Kelley.  The  Kal- 
vers  are  charged  in  the  suit  with  be- 
ing agents  for  a  lottery.  The  case 
will  be  heard  July  15. 

Because  the  case  has  been  brought 
in  the  justice  of  peace  court,  only  a 
possible  fine  is  involved.  There  is 
a  possibility  that  the  case  will  be 
venued  to  Adams  Circuit  Court, 
however. 


Judge's  Opinion  in  Oxnard 
Case  is  Awaited  by  Para. 

Paramount's  legal  department 
yesterday  was  awaiting  the  opinion 
of  Federal  Judge  Leon  R.  Yank- 
witch,  who  Monday  in  Los  Angeles 
sustained  the  demurrer  of  Para- 
mount in  a  test  action  brought  by 
Oxnard  Theaters,  Inc.,  and  19  other 
exhibitors.  The  case  involved  the 
exhibitors'  contention  that  Para- 
mount had  withheld  six  pictures 
from  the  1936-37  program  and  of- 
fered them  at  higher  prices  on  the 
current  lineup. 

In  defending  the  action,  Para- 
mount stated  that  a  clause  in  the 
contract  covered  the  withholding  of 
the  product.  The  issue  did  not  in- 
volve the  legality  of  block  booking 
as  was  stressed  in  the  daily  papers, 
according  to  local  .counsel  for  Para- 
mount. 


Tracy  and  Beery  to  Star 

in  Metro  British  Films 


London  (By  Cable) Both  Spencer 
Tracy  and  Wallace  Beery  are  sched- 
uled to  come  over  here  to  appear 
in  Metro  British  productions.  The 
former  will  appear  in  "National 
Velvet,"  the  latter  in  "The  Missing 
Miniature". 

Also  added  to  the  Metro  British 
line-up  are  "Busman's  Holiday"  by 
Dorothy  Sayers  and  "Death  on  the 
Table",  to  be  adapted  from  a  Lon- 
don stage  piece. 

Davis  and  Urling  Close 

With  WB  For  1938-39  Pix 


The  Davis  and  Urling  Circuit  with 
46  houses  in  Ohio,  Pennsylvania, 
West  Virginia  and  Virginia,  has 
closed  a  deal  with  Warner  Bros,  to 
play  the  entire  1938-39  Warner  line- 
up, announces  Gradwell  L.  Sears, 
general  sales  manager.  The  deal 
was  set  for  the  circuit  by  George 
Davis  and  Walter  Urling,  and  for 
Warners  by  Roy  Haines,  Eastern  and 
Canadian  sales  manager,  and  Robert 
Smeltzer,  central  district  manager. 


corninc  AM  COIf 


WILL  H.  HAYS,  MPPDA  prexy,  is  sehed 
to    arrive    in    New   York   today   from    the   C    f 

JOSEPH  M.  SCHENCK,  board  chariman 
20rh-Fox,  sails  today  on  the  Normandie 
a    European   vacation.  ^^ 

fcS, 

MICHAEL    D.    CLOFINE,    managing         .or 
News   of   the    Day,    ALFRED    HITCHCOCK,   I J 
lish   director;  CEORGE  SANDERS,  20th-Fox  s 
EDWIN    H.    MORRIS,    home   office   executive 
Warners;  and   MRS.   MORRIS;  HARRY  WARR 
also    a    Warner   executive,    and    MRS.    WARR  f 
BERT  WHEELER,  comedian:  BENNY  COODM 
orchestra     leader;    WILLIAM    S.     PALEY,    pr  I 
dent  of  CBS,  and   MRS.  PALEY,  and  LAWREr 
W.   LOWMAN,  vice-president  of  CBS,  and  M! 
LOWMAN,    are    also    outward    bound    passeni 
on   the    Normandie. 

AL  J.  HERMAN,  Eastern  disrtict  manager 
Universal,   returns   from    Baltimore   on   Friday. 

C.    A.    HILL,    assistant    to    William    Sussn'j 
Eastern     division     manager    for     20th-Fox, 
EDGAR    MOSS,    Eastern   district   manager,   are  }' 
Pittsburgh.       They    return    to    the    home    of)  I 
tomorrow  or  Friday. 

HARRY  C.  ARTHUR,  vice-president  and  gc  i 
eral  manager  of  Fanchon  &  Marco,  is  j 
St.    Louis   for   two   weeks. 

ALBERT  E.  SINDLINGER,  director  of  ;J 
vertising  and  promotion  for  the  March  1 
Time,  has  left  with  his  family  to  spend  t  f 
weeks    at    his    parents'    home    in    Marion,   Oh 

GEORGE  BLACK,  director  of  March  of  Tin  j 
has  returned  from  a  camera  expedition  to  No  i 
Scotia. 

CHARLES    LIGHT,    export    manager   for   Ale 
ander     Films,     returns     today     from     a     trip 
Canada. 

MARY  PICKFORD  leaves  tonight  for  t 
Coast. 

ELLIOTT  NUGENT  expects  to  leave  the  Coa  [ 
this  week-end  for   New  York. 

MME.  BEATRIX  DUSSANE,  French  actrei 
is  in  New  York  to   lecture. 

HAROLD  LLOYD  goes  to  Atlantic  City  ti 
morrow   to   attend   the   Elks  convention   there. 

THEODORE  DREISER,  author,  sails  today  f 
Europe  on  the   Normandie. 

MARIE  WILSON,  Warner  player,   is  schedule 
to    come    to    New   York    next   month    to   atten  I 
the   opening  of   Warners'   "Boy    Meets  Girl." 

LEE     BLUMBERG,     of    Warners    home    off  it  1 
publicity    and     advertising    staff,     is    en     roul 
to    New   York    after   a    stay    at    the    company  l 
Coast  studio. 

JOHN  BLYSTONE,  director,  is  scheduled  t 
fly   here  from   the  Coast  Friday. 

ZASU   PITTS   leaves   the   Coast   this  week  fo 
a    p. a.   tour,   with   July  22   in   Chicago   the  firs ; 
scheduled    stop. 

KAY  KAMEN,  representative  in  New  Yor 
for  Walt  Disney,  is  scheduled  to  leave  for  th 
Coast    tomorrow. 


Theatre  Manager 
At  Liberty 

Thirty  years  experience  as  owner  and  man- 
ager of  many  theatres.  Know  the  moving 
picture  business  from  A  to  Z  never  had 
a  failure.  A  business  producer;  have  forced 
circuits  to  buy  me  out  on  four  different 
occasions.  Salary  no  object  (have  made 
a  lot  of  money  and  still  got  it)  cannot 
kill  eighteen  hours  a  day  doing  nothing, 
want  a  tough  proposition  or  would  con- 
sider buying,  leasing  or  partnership — 
Address  P.  O.  Box  293,  Rehoboth  Beach, 
Delaware. 


*iesday,  July  13,  1938 


-Mi 


DAILY 


1GGS'  PATHE  PACT 
NEWED  FOR  3  YEARS 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

n'wood  in  association  with  H.  T. 

its,    president    of    Color    Films, 

•Svwas  learned  yesterday.     The 

yry  will  be  erected  and  build- 

ind  equipment  will  represent  an 

/.tment  of  approximately  $500,- 

it  is  understood. 

le  new  plant  will   make   motion 

re  film  both  in  color  and  black 

white.      Production    will    begin 

in  five  months,  it  is  understood. 

;cernational     Cinema,     Inc.,    has 

handling    Pathes    West    Coast 

it  is  said. 


Action  by  Justice  Dept. 
Awaits  Coast  Probe's  End 


■ngton    Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

ashington  —  No   move   will  be 
's    by    the    Justice    Department 
id   ironing   out   clearance,    zon- 
and    other    troublesome    trade 
ttices    until    after    the    depart - 
c's  West   Coast   investigation  is 
olete    and    a    report   brought   in 
•fficials  who  have   been  probing 
fe  for  about  a  year, 
lis      authoritative       declaration 
s  made  to  The  Film  Daily  yes- 
cay  by  a  ranking  member  of  the 
rtment's       anti-trust       division 
e    Assistant    Attorney    General 
old's  office  denied  he  would  call 
seting  shortly  in  Washington  of 
;ing    distributor    representatives, 
partment  officials  say  they  can- 
t  forecast    the    date    when    the 
t  Coast  probe  will  be  complete, 
aining     the     investigation     has 
en    longer    than    expected." 


B  &  K  Splurge  on  Acts 

riicago — ZaSu  Pitts  will  headline 
Chicago  Theater  stage  bill  next 

p  with  Tommy  Riggs  and  Emily 
also  featured.    Balaban  &  Katz 

'using  more  stage,  film  and  band 
acts  for  the  ace  Chicago  the- 

1  than  at  any  time  in  its  history. 


Darken  in  Minneapolis 

inneapolis  —  Minnesota  Amuse- 
rt  Co.  has  closed  three  suburban 
I  ;es — the  Granada,  American  and 
i  omis. 


3est  wishes  from  THE  FILM  DAILY  to 

the      following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY   13 

»Carl  E.  Milliken 
Sidney  Blackmer 
Cornelius  Keefe 


T  T  T 

•  •      •      DIGGING    up    those    hundreds    of    photos which    will 

highlight ....  the     forthcoming    20th     Anniversary    number of    your 

favorite  trade  newspaper has  taken  its  scribes and  ex-officio 

staff  men to  many  an  unusual  quarter and  has  been  pro- 
ductive  of   many an   intriguing   industry   adventure   story but 

of  them   all the   prize   for  color   and  romance probably  goes 

to    Jimmy    Sileo    of    Cosmo-Sileo for    what    he    brought    back 

from  Raritan,  N.  J the  other  day 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     IF  YOU'VE   got  a  fairly   good  memory perhaps 

you'll  remember that  thrilling  train  wreck which  pro- 
vided the  climactic  thrill in  Vitagraph's  "The  Juggernaut" 

way  back  in  1915 you  know the  picture  in  which 

Anita   Stewart made   a   daring   escape   just   before the 

catastrophe 

T  T  ▼ 

•  •      •     WELL.   Jimmy's   photos show   three   enterprising   New 

Brunswick.    N.    J.    youths draining    the    pond into    which    the 

train   plunged to  salvage   that   train after   23   years the 

trio  expect  to  realize two  grand  from   the  sale   of  the  iron  scrap 

the  Raritan  railroad  by  the  way is  now  used  once  a  day 

by  a  company to  fulfill  franchise  terms 

T  ▼  T 

•  •      •     OVER    AT    the    home    of    Leo    the    Lion they're 

proudly  flashing a  telegram  received  by  Nicholas  M.  Schenck 

from  Charlie  Skouras in  which  the   latter  says 

"this  is  the  first  time I  have  ever  sent  you a  personal 

wire  regarding a  picture  at  the  Carthay  Circle  Theater 

but  after  thrilling  to 'Marie  Antoinette' at  its  interna- 
tional premiere I  cannot  help  but  send  you  this con- 
gratulatory   message" and   speaking   of   "Marie   Antoinette" 

Howard   Dietz. . .  .the  new   poppa will   be   host  today 

from  3  to  1  p.m at  Astor  Theater  museum It's  an  in- 
vitation affair and  there'll  be  cocktails 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     TOMORROW  we'll  know who  wins  the  Ampa  awards 

the  announcements  will  be  made at  a  luncheon in  the 

Waldorf-Astoria's  Sert  Room at   12:30 home  office  execs,  will 

attend and  interest  is  keen to  say  the  least the  Ampa 

survey  was  based on  the  1937-38  product and  was  the  third 

yearly  canvass  to  be  made 

T  T  T 

•  •  •  WESTWARD  in  Pittsburgh they've  been  party- 
ing John  H.  Harris prexy  of  the  Harris  Amusement  Co 

and  Mike  Cullen Loew's  district  manager who  steps  up 

the  company  ladder Harris  was  presented  with  a  gold  and 

diamond tuxedo   dress   set by   the    Variety   Club 

which  he  organized the  occasion  being his  40th  birth- 
day  Cullen  was  the  recipient  of  a  complete  set of  travel 

luggage from  his  associates  and  friends who  assembled 

to  say  farewell 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     THAT    WESTERN    atmosphere you    may    have    noted 

in    old   Manhattan   yesterday was   provided   by   Warners for 

the  benefit  of "Cowboy  from  Brooklyn" which  bows  in  today 

at  the  Strand stage  coach,  vintage  of  1836 brought  a  sextet 

of  Warner  cowboys from  Brooklyn  Borough  Hall to  the  Strand 

via  Fifth  Avenue,   etc.,  etc the  precedent  having  been  set 

we  can  hardly  wait until  Warners  release  "The  Valley  of 

the  Giants" 


DflTC  BOOK 


July  14:  Ampa  Awards  luncheon,  Sert  Room, 
Waldorf-Astoria. 

July  14:  Cleveland  Warner  Club  outing,  Chip- 
pewa   Lake. 

July  15:  Twin  Cities  Variety  Club  golf  tourna- 
ment, Oak  Ridge  Country  Club,  Hopkins 
Minn. 

July  15:  Cleveland  Variety  Club  golf  tourna- 
ment,   Beechmont   Country    Club. 

July  16-17:  Warner  regional  bookers-salesmen 
convention,    Empire    Hotel,    San    Francisco. 

July  20-21 :  Associated  Theaters  of  Indiana  mid- 
summer meeting,  Spink-Wawasee  Country 
Club,   Lake   Wawasee. 

July  21 :  Si  Fabian  employes  golf  tournament, 
Preakness  Hill  Country  Club,  Paterson,  N.  J. 

July  23-24:  Warner  regional  bookers-salesmen 
convention,    Blackstone    Hotel,    Chicago. 

July  26:   ITOA  outing,    Indian   Point. 

July  29:  Baltimore  Variety  Club  golf  tourney, 
Rolling    Road    Country    Club. 

July  30-31:  Warner  regional  bookers-salesmen 
convention,    Hotel    Warwick,    New   York. 

Aug.  2:  Connecticut  MPTO  golf  tournament, 
Racebrook    Country   Club,    New   Haven. 

Aug.  8-28:     International   Film   Festival,  Venice. 

Aug.  9-10:  National  Theaters  regional  meet, 
Muehlebach    Hotel,   Kansas   City. 

Aug.  15:  Pittsburgh  Variety  Club-Film  Row 
golf   tournament,    Pittsburgh    Field   Club. 

Aug.  15-17:  National  Theaters  regional  meet, 
Fox    West    Coast    offices,    Los    Angeles. 

Aug.  18:  Rocky  Mountain  Screen  Club  picnic, 
Cherry   Hills   Country   Club,    Denver. 

Aug.  24-26:  Famous  Players  Canadian  East- 
ern convention,  King  Edward  Hotel,  Tor- 
onto. 

Sept.  7-9:  Famous  Players  Canadian  Western 
convention,   Jasper,   Alberta. 

Oct.  19-21:  Allied  Theater  Owners  of  N.  J. 
and  Eastern  Regional  Allied  convention, 
Ritz  Carlton  Hotel,  Atlantic  City. 

Oct.  31-Nov.  3:  SMPE  Fall  convention,  Statler 
Hotel,    Detroit. 

Nov.  27:  New  York  Motion  Picture  Associates 
dinner-dance. 


Whitney  Denies  He  is  in  Any 
Deal  Involving  Universal 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  John  Hay  Whitney, 
chairman  of  the  board  of  Selznick 
International  Pictures,  issued  the 
following    statement   last   night: 

"There  is  absolutely  no  truth  in 
stories  that  have  appeared  to  the 
effect  that  I  am  interested  in  a  deal 
involving  Universal  Pictures.  Furth- 
ermore, I  am  not  a  member  of  any 
group  which  has  an  interest  in  any 
negotiations  whatsoever  involving 
that  company." 


2€  YEAR/  AGC 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Saturday,  July 
13,     1918: 

LOS  ANCELES — Henry  McRae  is  reported  out 
as    Universal's    pinch    hit    general    manager. 

ITHACA,  N.  Y.— Wharton  studios  have  been 
leaded  to  Carle  E.  Carlton  who  will  produce 
"L'Air"    here    with    Harry    Revier    directing. 

NEW  YORK — Exports  receive  new  ruling  to 
govern  foreign  film  trade;  War  Trade  Board 
appoints  representatives  to  handle  pictures  in 
foreign   countries. 

Yes,  20   Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures  I 


WE 


DAILY 


Wednesday,  July  13,  19! 


NEW  ORLEANS  TO  TAX 
ALL  ADULT  TICKETS 


(.Continued  from  Page  1) 

ized  through  a  legislative  act  will 
replace  the  present  city  amusement 
tax  law.  It  calls  for  a  2  per  cent 
tax  on  all  adult  tickets  sold  for  ad- 
mission to  film  theaters,  but  it  im- 
poses a  5  per  cent  tax  on  legit,  plays, 
concerts,  athletic  events,  night  clubs, 
etc.  Children's  tickets,  costing  10 
cents  or  less,  are  not  taxed.  The 
law  defines  a  child  as  12  years  old 
or  younger. 

The  principal  difference  in  the  new 
ordinance,  where  films  are  concern- 
ed, is  that  in  the  past  pix  admis- 
sions of  15  cents  or  less  were  not 
taxed.  Above  15  cents,  under  the 
old  law,  the  2  per  cent  tax,  which 
was  flatly  rated  at  one  cent  whether 
the  seat  was  16  cents  or  50  cents, 
prevailed.  Under  the  proposed  new 
law,  the  one  cent  flat  tax  would  ap- 
ply on  admission  of  five  cents  to  50 
cents.  This  apparently  would  take 
away  the  edge  downtown  theaters 
charging  10  and  15  cents  might 
have  over  the  A  and  B  houses. 

The  proposed  new  law  also  gives 
a  break  to  the  film  industry  in  three 
ways. 

1.  Legit,  attractions  with  their 
higher  admissions  which  bring  them 
under  the  federal  amusement  tax, 
face  a  15  per  cent  total  amusement 
tax  in  New  Orleans,  when  the  city 
tax  is  included. 

2.  Football  games,  the  worst  Sat- 
urday competition  theaters  had  in 
New  Orleans,  are  now  taxable. 

3.  The  5  per  cent  tax,  excluding 
motion  pictures,  applies  to  every- 
thing from  shooting  galleries  to  ex- 
cursion steamers,  circuses  and  res- 
taurants which  have  music. 

The  tax,  as  usual,  will  be  collected 
through  the  gasoline  tax  depart- 
ment and  will  punish  delinquence 
with  a  30  per  cent  charge  (20  per 
cent  delinquent  fine  and  10  per 
cent  attorney's  fees).  Established 
business  may  file  monthly  reports 
but  single  performances  must  pay 
the  same  day.  All  must  file  state- 
ments and  books  must  be  open  to 
inspection.  Violations  are  punish- 
able by  a  fine  of  $25,  30  days'  im- 
prisonment or  both  fine  and  im- 
prisonment. The  tax  must  be  passed 
on  to  the  theater  patron. 

Participating  in  the  conferences 
which  mapped  out  the  ordinances 
Norman  L.  Carter  for  Saenger  The- 
aters, a  representative  of  United 
Theaters  and  Rene  Brunet  for  the 
indies. 


A  "JMkU"  front  "JMs 


/• 


By  RALPH  WILK 


Fight  Sunday  Pix 

Hendersonville,  N.  C.  —  Headed  by 
ministers,  crowd  of  3,000  marched  on 
the  City  Hall  here  to  ask  the  Board  of 
Commissioners  to  repeal  a  Sunday  pix 
ordinance.  Those  unable  to  enter  sang 
hymns  before  the  City  Hall.  The  board 
of  the  mountain  resort  town  deferred 
action. 


HOLLYWOOD 
Tommy  Kelly  as  "Bad  Boy" 
£)AVID  O.  SELZNICK'S  youthful 
film  discovery,  Tommy  Kelly, 
the  New  York  lad  who  reached  star- 
dom in  one  jump  in  "The  Adven- 
tures of  Tom  Sawyer,"  has  been 
loaned  to  Sol  Lesser,  for  Principal's 
"Peck's  Bad  Boy  at  the  Circus." 
This,  the  first  of  Lesser's  new 
"Peck's  Bad  Boy"  series,  is  sched- 
uled to  go  into  production  July  22, 
under  the  direction  of  Eddie  Cline, 
for  RKO  release.  The  novel  is  by 
George  W.  Peck,  the  adaptation  by 
Robert  Neville,  and  the  screen  play 
by  Neville,  David  Boehm  and  Al 
Martin.  It  is  expected  that  Tommy's 
loan-out  by  Selznick  International 
will  mark  the  first  of  a  series  of 
pictures  in  which  he  will  appear  for 
Lesser. 

T  T  T 

Now  It's  An  Emcee  for  Polo 

Jack  Benny  will  be  master  of 
ceremonies  at  the  annual  polo  match 
to  be  held  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Relief  Fund  next 
Sunday,  at  the  Uplifters.  Ginger 
Rogers  and  Joan  Bennett  are  spon- 
soring the  competing  teams. 
▼  ▼  ▼ 
Frank    Lloyd    Gets    Bell 

In  commemoration  of  their  25th 
wedding  anniversary  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  Lloyd  were  recipients  yes- 
terday of  an  engraved  silver  plated 
bronze  ranch  bell,  the  gift  of  the 
producers,  directors  and  fellow 
workers  of  Lloyd  at  the  Paramount 
Studio.  Presentation  of  the  bell 
was  made  by  Eugene  Zukor  in  be- 


half of  his  Father,  Adolph  Zukor, 
on  a  set  where  Lloyd  was  directing 
Ronald  Colman  in  scenes  with  Fran- 
ces Dee,  Basil  Rathbone  and  others 
for  "If  I  Were  King."  The  anniver- 
sary gift  will  be  installed  at  the 
Lloyd  Ranch  in  Topango  Canyon. 
▼  ▼  T 

"Stablemates"  Starts  Friday 
Sam  Wood  has  set  Friday  as  the 
starting  date  for  his  new  Metro  di- 
rectorial assignment,  "Stablemates." 
Originally  announced  as  his  next 
picture,  "Tell  It  to  The  Marines," 
has  been  set  ahead  indefinitely  on 
Wood's  schedule. 

T  T  T 

Goldwyn  Signs  Jane  Murfin 
Jane  Murfin,  one  of  Hollywood's 
leading  scenarists,  has  been  signed 
by  Samuel  Goldwyn  to  collaborate 
with  I.  A.  R.  Wylie  on  the  screen- 
play of  Miss  Wylie's  original  story, 
"The  Daring  Age,"  the  production 
which  will  launch  the  movie  debut 
of  Jascha  Heifetz,  violinist. 

T  T  T 

Extras   Will   Cash   In 

More  than  10,000  days  work  will 
be  given  Hollywood  extras  during 
the  filming  of  the  San  Francisco 
earthquake  and  fire  sequence  for 
Warners  production  of  "The  Sis- 
ters," co-starring  Bette  Davis  and 
Errol  Flynn.  To  film  the  disaster 
sequence  alone  will  require  three 
weeks  of  photography.  In  an  effort 
to  make  it  one  of  the  most  spectac- 
ular ever  filmed,  Warners  are  build- 
ing $200,000  worth  of  special  sets  to 
be  razed  and  burned  during  filming 
of  the  disaster  sequence. 


13  Cleveland  Pix  Houses 

Join  Ohio  Co-operative 

Cleveland — Milton  A.  Mooney,  or- 
ganizer and  head  of  Co-operative 
Theaters  of  Ohio,  has  announced  to 
the  film  exchanges  that  he  will  rep- 
resent as  buyer  of  films  and  theater 
equipment,  the  following  theaters 
in  northern  Ohio: 

Allen,  Dayton,  Liberty,  Majestic, 
Nixon,  Southern,  Spicer,  Tivoli,  all 
of  Akron;  Bedford,  Bedford;  Vir- 
ginia, Carrollton;  Capitol  and  Star, 
Delphos;  Lincoln,  Lisbon;  Dream- 
land and  Elvira,  Lorain;  Maple 
Heights,  Maple  Heights;  Avalon 
and  Strand,  Marysville;  Avalon, 
Beach  Cliff,  Corlett,  Ezella,  Garfield, 
Jennings,  LaSalle,  Lorain-Fulton, 
Lyceum,  Madison,  New  Victory, 
Parma  and  Regent,  all  of  Cleveland; 
Opera  House,  Millersburg,  Roxy, 
Minerva. 


E.  M.  Loew  Adds  House 

Boston  —  The  Thompson  Square 
Theater  has  been  taken  over  by  the 
E.  M.  Loew  circuit  from  George 
Solomon.  It  has  been  re-opened  as 
a  second-run  house.  George  Solo- 
mon has  opened  the  Hollywood  The- 
ater in  Charlestown  with  a  first-run 
policy. 


'Medium  Sized'  Picture  Dead, 
Says   Korda   in   interview 

The  "medium  sized"  picture  is 
dead  in  the  opinion  of  Alexander 
Korda,  who,  in  a  newspaper  inter- 
view last  week  in  London,  declared 
that  audiences  were  choosing  only 
pictures  of  valid  entertainment 
calibre. 

"In  the  future,"  Korda  stated, 
"my  annual  output  will  include  only 
large-scale  films  regardless  of  cost, 
so  long  as  scope  and  story-strength 
predominate." 


SRO  for  "The  Texans" 

San  Antonio — Two  and  a  half 
hours  after  sale  of  tickets  started 
for  the  world  premiere  of  Para- 
mount's  "The  Texans'  tomorrow 
night,  at  the  Majestic  Theater,  the 
b.o.  reported  a  sell-out  of  the  3,700- 
seat  house.  James  E.  Berry,  Lieut. 
Gov.  of  Oklahoma,  and  Mrs.  Berry 
will  accompany  L.  C.  Griffith,  head 
of  the  Griffith  Amusement  Co.  from 
Oklahoma  City  for  the  opening. 
They  will  join  a  group  headed  by 
Gov.  Allred  and  Sen.  J.  Manley  Head 
of  Texas,  Lieut.  Gov.  William  Lind- 
say of  Kansas  and  Mayor  B.  L.  Cal- 
lahan of  Abilene. 


LISTS  FIVE  SUBJECTS 
FOR  MONOPOLY  STUD 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

that  the  film  situation  will  recei 
scrutiny. 

Listed  as  immediate  subjee^  i 
study  are:  v  *. 

(1)  Suppression  of  competitii 
(2)  the  effect  of  interlocking  din 
torships  and  (3)  of  trade  associati 
methods,  (4)  the  relationship  1 
tween  corporate  management  a 
the  investor  and  (5)  the  use  of  pi 
ents. 

The  topics  outlined  "cut  across 
industries,"  Senator  O'Mahon 
stated,  "and  it  will  necessarily  be 
delicate  problem  for  the  committ 
to  develop  them  in  such  a  mann 
as  to  make  clear  that  its  prima 
purpose  is  to  reveal  the  functioni 
of  commerce  and  industry." 

Senator  O'Mahoney  asserting  th 
the  NEC  will  welcome  cooperati 
from  "the  business  community 
said  the  result  of  the  studies  vi 
be  the  legislative  achievement  of 
national     rule     for     national     coi 


U.  S. -Italian  Producing 

Deals  Said  in  Prospe 



Representing,  he  says,  six  Anu 
ican    producers,     Roger     Marchet 
Los  Angeles  attorney,  is  schedul 
to  sail  for  Italy  Saturday  to  clo 
deals  whereby  the  producers  won 
make  one  picture  each  for  a  sen  | 
governmental    organization.       Mai 
chetti    asserted    yesterday    in    N(  I 
York   that   Italy  was   interested 
having   the   Americans   produce  ti  I 
pictures   in   Italy  with   Italian  ca  J 
ital  and  American  acting  and  tec 
nical  talent.     The  pictures  would 
made     in     English     but     would 
dubbed  in  Italian  for  distribution 
Italy. 

First  picture  under  the  propos> 
plan  would  be  "The  Life  of  Carusi 
and  would  have  Edward  Arnold 
the    title    role,    according    to    Ma 
chetti. 

Because  of  Italy's  restrictions  < 
taking  money  out  of  the  countr 
the  pictures  would  represent  ti 
payment  for  American  assistanc 
Marchetti  said. 

The  six  pictures,  he  stated,  wou 
cost  between  $500,000  and  $1,000,00 


Exhib.  Paradise 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  Motion  pictures  are 
strictly  entertainment  in  Durban,  South 
Africa,  and  the  citizens  there  have  no 
use  for  double  or  triple  bills  with  auto- 
mobiles, money  or  crockery  given  away 
as  prizes. 

So  says  Otto  Rasmussen,  Danish  con- 
sul at  Durban  and  managing  director 
of  the  East  Asiatic  Co.  there,  who, 
visiting  the  Samuel  Coidwyn  Studio, 
expressed  himself  as  dumbfounded  at  the 
method  of  pix  presentation  practiced  in 
this    country. 

Rasmussen  will  sail  for  Durban  from 
New    York    on    Friday. 


ednesday,  July  13,  1938 


TWT« 


DAILY 


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Marie  Antoinette' 


with    Norma    Shearer,    Tyrone    Power, 

John    Barrymore 
etro  160  Mins. 

(HOLLYWOOD  PREVIEW) 
•ISH  AND  COLORFUL  HISTORICAL 
kNCE       BRILLIANTLY       PLAYED 
•IOULD  SCORE   HEAVILY  AT  THE  BOX 
FFICE. 

Norma   Shearer   signalizes   her   return    to 
e  screen  with  a  brilliant  performance  as 
e    Austrian    princess,    whose    life    is    so 
ilorful  from  the  time  she  is  fourteen  until 
ie  is  led  to  the  guillotine  to  die  as  the 
ueen  of  France.     Tyrone  Power  does  fine 
ork    as    the    Swedish    diplomat    deeply    in 
ve    with    Marie    Antoinette    and    loyal    to 
er    until    the    end.       Robert    Morley,    an 
nglish  actor,  gives  a  flawless  characteriza- 
on  of  the  slow-witted  Louis  who  marries 
lane  Antoinette  and   later  becomes   King. 
jseph    Schildkraut    impresses    as    Due    D'- 
-rleans,    who   by   his   cunning   and    intrigue 
auses  the  ruin  of  the  royal  family.     John 
arrymore    is   a    happy   choice    for   the    role 
f   Louis   XV,    who   in    turn    is    really    ruled 
y  Madame  Du  Barry    (Gladys  George).     W. 
.   Van   Dyke  faced   a  difficult  task   in   di- 
eting  the    story   of    French    court    life   of 
ne    18th    Century,    but    acquitted    himself 
plendidly.       Hunt    Stromberg    rates    many 
ows   for   the   lavish   production.      Claudine 
Vest,    Donald    Ogden    Stewart    and    Ernest 
'ajda  contributed  a  fine  screenplay,  based 
n  Stefan  Zweig's  book.  Herbert  Stothart's 
core   is    an    important    factor    in    the    pro- 
duction.     William    Daniels'    photography    is 
Ngh-grade.      The   Palace   at   Versailles   and 
he    famous    garden    are    faithfully    repro- 
duced.    Marie,  an  Austrian  girl,  leaves  her 
iome   to   marry    the    Dauphin,    grandson   of 
r.ouis  XV.    Her  married  life  with  the  color- 
ess  Dauphin  is  dull  and  almost  unbearable, 
ind  on  the  suggestion  of  the  sly  Due  D'Or- 
eans    she    plunges    into    the    gay    life    in 
'aris.      She    meets   and    falls    in    love   with 
Zount    du    Fersen    (Tyrone    Power),    when 
ust  as  they  are  at  their  happiest,  Louis  XV 
dies,   and   the   Dauphin   is   made   King,   and 
Marie  Queen.  Two  children  are  born  to  the 
new  rulers.    The  Due  D'Orleans  incites  the 
'peasants  and  poorer  classes  to  revolt  against 
•the  King  and  Queen.     The   French   assem- 
bly votes  that  the  King  and  Queen  be  put 
■  to  death.    The  ruler  and  their  children  are 
held  prisoners  in  the  Palace,  but  Count  du 
Fersen  effects  their  escape,  but  before  they 
ican   reach   the   border   they   are   caught   to 
be    beheaded.       Both    go    to    their    deaths 
bravely. 

CAST:  Norma  Shearer,  Tyrone  Power, 
John  Barrymore,  Robert  Morley,  Anita 
Louise,  Joseph  Schildkraut,  Gladys  George, 
Henry  Stephenson,  Cora  Witherspoon,  Bar- 
■nett  Parker,  Reginald  Gardiner,  Henry 
Daniell,  Leonard  Penn,  Albert  Van  Dek- 
Iker,  Alma  Kruger,  Joseph  Calleia,  George 
Meeker,  Scotty  Beckett,  Marilyn  Knowlden. 
CREDITS:  Producer,  Hunt  Strorrtperg; 
Director,  W.  S.  Van  Dyke  II;  Based  in  part 
on  the  book  by  Stefan  Zweig;  Screenplay, 
Claudine  West,  Donald  Ogden  Stewart  and 
Ernest  Vajda;  Cameraman,  William  Daniels; 
Art  Director,  Cedric  Gibbons;  Associates, 
William  A.  Horning,  Edwin  B.  Willis;  Mon- 
tage Effects,  Slavko  Vorkapich;  Editor, 
Robert  J.  Kern;  Musical  Score,  Herbert 
Stothart;  Recording  Director,  Douglas 
Shearer;  Technical  Advisor,  George 
Richelavie;  Dances  by  Albertina  Rasch. 

DIRECTION,  Splendid.     PHOTOGRAPHY, 
Tops. 


"Love  Finds  Andy 
Hardy" 

with    Lewis    Stone,    Mickey    Rooney,    Judy 

Garland,    Cecilia    Parker 
M-G-M  90    Mins. 

SPARKLING  COMEDY,  TOP  NOTCH  IN 
ALL  DEPARTMENTS,  SHOULD  RING  THE 
B.  0.  BELL  FOR  EVERY  TYPE  OF  AUDI- 
ENCE. 

Designed  as  a  family  series  picture,  M- 
G-M  has  produced  a  box  office  "sleeper" 
in  this  latest  of  the  Judge  Hardy  group 
that  should  appeal  tremendously  to  every 
type  of  audience.  There  is  sparkling  com- 
edy, warm  human  emotions  and  true-to-life 
troubles  and  joys  for  the  Judge  and  his 
family.  Topping  everything  is  the  perform- 
ance of  Mickey  Rooney,  who  should  rate 
serious  consideration  for  some  sort  of  an 
award  for  his  characterization  of  Andy 
Hardy,  genuine  throughout  as  a  young  boy. 
Lewis  Stone  is  excellent  as  the  father, 
Cecilia  Parker,  the  sister,  Judy  Garland,  Fay 
Holden,  Ann  Rutherford,  and  everybody  in 
the  cast  are  tops  for  performances.  The 
story  is  witty,  swiftly  paced  and  humanly 
appealing  from  beginning  to  end.  Director 
George  B.  Seitz  deserves  credit  for  a  fine 
job  of  characterization,  and  William  Ludwig 
for  his  fine  screenplay.  There  is  drama 
of  every  sort  in  this  picture,  from  joy  to 
sorrow,  and  it  has  been  handled  with  such 
finesse  that  at  no  time  do  you  believe 
that  it  couldn't  happen  to  you  or  the  fam- 
ily next  door.  Mickey  wants  to  buy  a 
car  to  take  his  girl,  Ann  Rutherford,  to  the 
country  club  dance  on  Christmas  Eve.  His 
father  is  opposed  to  his  buying  the  car,  but 
Mickey  has  already  made  a  deposit.  Com- 
plications ensue,  Ann  has  to  leave  town 
over  Christmas,  and  Mickey  agrees  to 
take  out  another  girl,  Lana  Turner,  in 
order  to  help  out  a  pal.  The  other  boy 
agrees  to  pay  Mickey  the  necessary  eight 
dollars  to  complete  payment  on  the  car  for 
taking  out  his  girl.  The  plot  thickens,  and 
Mickey  finds  himself  with  two  girls  on  his 
hands  when  Ann  suddenly  returns.  Judy 
Garland  arrives  to  spend  the  holidays  with 
her  grandmother,  next  door  to  Mickey.  He 
gets  in  wrong  with  both  girls  and  winds 
up  by  taking  Judy  to  the  dance.  She  is 
sensational,  and  Mickey  gets  his  girl  back 
after  Judy  leaves. 

CAST:  Mickey  Rooney,  Lewis  Stone, 
Cecilia  Parker,  Fay  Holden,  Lana  Turner, 
Ann  Rutherford,  Betty  Ross  Clarke,  Marie 
Blake,  Don  Castle,  Gene  Reynolds,  Mary 
Howard,  George  Breakston,  Raymond  Hat- 
ton. 

CREDITS:  Produced  by  M-G-M;  Direc- 
tor, George  B.  Seitz;  Screenplay,  William 
Ludwig;  Based  on  the  characters  created 
by  Aurania  Rouverol  from  the  stories 
by  Vivien  R.  Bretherton;  Editor,  Ben  Lewis; 
Cameraman,  Lester  White. 

DIRECTION,  Top-Notch.  PHOTOGRA- 
PHY,   Excellent. 


Picker  Replaces  Fannon 

Sidney  Picker  has  been  appointed 
as  office  manager  for  the  New  York 
Republic  exchange,  it  was  announced 
this  week.  Picker,  who  was  former- 
ly the  circuit  salesman  for  the  ex- 
change in  this  district,  succeeds  Bob 
Fannon,  who  has  been  made  Long 
Island  and  upstate  representative. 


"The  Affairs  of 
Annabel" 

with  Jack   Oakie,   Lucille   Ball,   Ruth 
Donnelly 
RKO  Radio  75  Mins. 

(HOLLYWOOD  PREVIEW) 
COMEDY   RICH   IN   LAUGHS  AND   RE- 
FRESHING    MATERIAL     AND     SHOULD 
PLEASE  ALL  AUDIENCES. 

This  comedy  is  rich  in  laughs  and  moves 
under  Ben  Stoloff's  splendid  direction.  It 
has  refreshing  material  and  Stoloff  has 
overlooked  no  opportunities  in  piling  up 
the  smiles,  chuckles  and  guffaws.  The 
picture  marks  an  auspicious  debut  for  Lou 
Lusty  as  a  producer.  Jack  Oakie,  minus 
many  pounds  since  his  last  screen  appear- 
ance, is  excellent  as  a  wild,  resourceful 
press  agent,  who  forces  Lucille  Ball,  his 
company's  star,  to  engage  in  many  stunts 
for  the  sake  of  publicity.  This  is  Miss 
BalPs  biggest  role  to  date  and  she  comes 
through  with  flying  colors.  Lee  Van  Atta 
does  outstanding  work  as  a  broken-voiced 
juvenile,  who  believes  he  is  in  love  with 
Lucille,  who,  as  a  stunt,  becomes  a  domestic 
in  the  home  of  Lee's  parents,  Granville 
Bates  and  Elizabeth  Risdon.  Fritz  Feld 
registers  many  laughs  as  a  screwball  direc- 
tor, who  waits  months  for  an  assignment. 
Bradley  Page  is  the  harassed  producer  and 
Ruth  Donnelly  his  capable  secretary.  James 
Burke,  Edward  Marr,  Thurston  Hall,  An- 
thony Warde  and  Leona  Roberts  are  among 
the  principals.  Bert  Granet  and  Paul  Yawitz 
furnished  a  very  amusing  screenplay,  based 
on  Charles  Hoffman's  story.  One  of  Oakie's 
stunts  results  in  Lucille  working  as  a  maid, 
but  Lucille's  life  is  endangered  when  Marr 
and  Warde,  kidnapers,  use  the  home  of 
Lucille's  employers  as  a  hideout.  Oakie 
has  a  group  of  actors  make  up  as  cops  and 
under  Fritz  Feld,  who  believes  he  is  di- 
recting a  picture,  the  players  advance  on 
the  house.  Real  policemen  come  to  their 
rescue  and  with  the  aid  of  Lucille,  who 
knows  jiu-jitsu,  the  kidnapers  are  taken 
into  custody. 

CAST:  Jack  Oakie,  Lucille  Ball,  Ruth 
Donnelly,  Bradley  Page,  Fritz  Feld,  Thurs- 
ton Hall,  Elizabeth  Risdon,  Granville  Bates, 
James  Burke,  Lee  Van  Atta,  Anthony 
Warde,  Edward  Marr,  Leona  Roberts. 

CREDITS:  Producer,  Lou  Lusty;  Director, 
Ben  Stoloff;  Author,  Charles  Hoffman; 
Screenplay,  Bert  Granet,  Paul  Yawitz; 
Cameraman,  Russell  Metty;  Montage, 
Douglas  Travers;  Editor,  Jack  Hively;  Art 
Director  Van  Nest  Polglase;  Associate, 
Al   Herman;  Musical  Director,  Roy  Webb. 


DIRECTION,    Expert. 
Very  Good. 


PHOTOGRAPHY, 


Protests  Block  "Blockade" 

Omaha — Tri-States  Theater  Corp. 
has  cancelled  showing  of  Wanger's 
"Blockade"  after  the  local  council 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  pub- 
licly protested.  Picture  may  yet 
play  Omaha  Theater  if  efforts  of  D 
V.  McLucas,  Omaha  UA  exchange 
manager,  and  E.  R.  Cummings,  Tri- 
States  district  chief,  are  successful. 
Hope  is  to  convince  objectors  that 
pix  is  okay. 


"Prison  Break" 

with    Barton    MacLane,   Glenda   Farrell, 

Paul   Hurst,   Ward    Bond 

Universal  68    Mins. 

FAST-MOVING  MELLER  WITH  CAP- 
ABLE CAST  WILL  FIT  NICELY  ON  ANY 
PROGRAM. 

Endowed  with  a  capable  cast,  a  fast 
moving  script  and  plenty  of  action,  "Prison 
Break"  is  a  nice,  meaty  meller  that  will 
fit  neatly  as  an  attraction  for  the  nabes 
and  a  filler  for  the  class  houses.  Barton 
MacLane  gives  a  fine  performance.  Glenda 
Farrell  is  O.K.  and  Ward  Bond,  Paul  Hurst, 
Victor  Killian  and  a  cast  of  capable  per- 
formers take  care  of  the  minor  roles  with 
dispatch.  Story  is  not  new,  but  on  the 
whole  is  much  better  than  average.  The 
direction  of  Arthur  Lubin  gets  the  most 
from  the  dramatic  situations  and  keeps  the 
picture  rolling.  MacLane  arrives  home  with 
his  fishing  boat  from  a  cruise.  His  mate, 
Edmund  MacDonald,  is  to  marry  his  sister 
the  next  day.  MacDonald  gets  drunk  and 
MacLane  finds  him  near  the  unconscious 
body  of  a  man  that  he,  MacLane,  had  been 
fighting  with  previously.  The  man  dies 
and  MacLane  takes  the  rap.  In  prison, 
Ward  Bond  gets  him  in  trouble  and  he  is 
not  paroled.  Finally  he  stops  a  jail  break 
and  gets  his  parole.  Without  work  for 
months,  he  takes  a  job  with  a  former  con- 
vict on  a  boat.  Bond  shows  up,  a  murderer 
who  has  shot  a  guard,  and  MacLane  after  a 
battle  subdues  him  and  heads  back  to 
port  with  a  full  pardon  assured,  which  will 
allow  him  to  get  married  to  Miss  Farrell. 

CAST:  Barton  MacLane,  Glenda  Farrell, 
Paul  Hurst,  Ward  Bond,  Constance  Moore, 
Edward  Pawley,  E.  MacDonald,  Frank  Dari- 
an,  Victor   Killian. 

CREDITS:  Producer,  Trem  Carr;  Director, 
Arthur  Lubin;  Original  Story,  Norton  S. 
Parker;  Screenplay,  Norton  S.  Parker  and 
Dorothy  Reid;  Editor,  Jack  Ogilvie;  Cam- 
eraman,  Harry   Neumann. 

DIRECTION,  Good.  PHOTOGRAPHY, 
Good. 

Lloyd  Confirms  He  May 

Produce  W.  C.  Fields  Pix 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

star  in  comedies  produced  by  Lloyd 
are  "substantially  correct",  the  lat- 
ter stated  yesterday. 

However,  according  to  Joe  Reddy, 
Lloyd's  representative,  sufficient 
progress  on  the  deal  has  not  been 
made  so  that  details  can  be  an- 
nounced. Reddy  admitted  that  Lloyd 
and  Fields  had  discussed  the  matter 
but  had  not  reached  a  definite  agree- 
ment. He  also  said  that  no  releas- 
ing arrangement  had  been  set  in 
the   event  that  the  deal  was   set. 

Lloyd  leaves  tomorrow  for  Atlan- 
tic City  where  he  is  to  be  the  guest 
of  honor  at  the  Elks  convention. 


Ising  Would  Reorganize  Co. 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  Harman  Ising  Pic- 
tures Inc.,  has  filed  a  petition  in 
Federal  court  seeking  to  reorgan- 
ize under  section  77B.  Harman 
Ising  has  assets  of  $41,265.98  and 
liabilities  of  $12,017.28. 


DAILY 


Wednesday,  July  13,  1938 


UA 1938-39  BUDGET 
TO  HIT  30  MILLIONS 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

stone  presided  since  becoming  the 
company's  General  Manager  in 
Charge  of  World  Affairs.  He  gave 
a  resume  of  world  business  condi- 
tions, stressing  the  importance  of 
international  markets  in  their  rela- 
tion to  the  film  industry. 

In  this  connection,  it  is  under- 
stood Silverstone  estimates  that 
United  Artists'  present  and  future 
activities  represent  an  investment 
of   $100,000,000. 

Other  matters  taken  up  at  the 
meeting  were  described  as  being 
"routine."  No  action  was  taken  to 
fill  the  office  of  president,  left  va- 
cant by  the  resignation  of  Dr.  A.  H. 
Giannini,  now  vacationing  in  Eu- 
rope. 

Attending  the  meeting,  in  addi- 
tion to  Silverstone,  were  Mary  Pick- 
ford,  Dennis  O'Brien,  general  coun- 
sel; Charles  Schwartz,  representing 
Charles  Chaplin;  Edward  Raftery, 
representing  Douglas  Fairbanks; 
James  Mulvey,  representing  Samuel 
Goldwyn;  Emanuel  Silverstone,  rep- 
resenting Alexander  Korda,  and 
George  J.  Schaefer,  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  distribu- 
tion. 


UA  Alliance  Said  Included 
Among  Wilcox  Propositions 

London  (By  Cable)— Herbert  Wil- 
cox is  considering  "certain  propos- 
als", but  at  the  present  time,  is  not 
prepared  to  make  a  statement,  it 
was   learned   yesterday. 

It  is  understood,  however,  that 
one  of  the  propositions  comes  from 
United  Artists.  Wilcox,  speaking  at 
the  recent  UA  sales  convention  ban- 
quet, hinted  as  much,  saying  that 
his  "divorce  from  the  company 
might  eventually  turn  out  merely  to 
have  been   a   separation". 

Wilcox  at  present  has  commit- 
ments with  RKO  Radio  and  Para- 
mount. 


Claim  Copyright  Infringed 

Suit  has  just  been  instituted  by 
Epoch  Producing  Corp.  and  Thomas 
Dixon,  owners  of  the  copyright  in 
"The  Birth  of  a  Nation"  for  its  al- 
leged infringement.  Brought  in  the 
U.  S.  District  Court,  Southern  Dis- 
trict of  New  York,  papers  have  been 
served  upon  Stone  Film  Library 
Inc.,  Marion  T.  Stone,  Treo  Film 
Exchange  of  N.  Y.  Inc.,  Esquire 
Amusement  Co.  and  Max  A.  Cohen. 


Dock  on   Mich.   Fair  Board 

Detroit — Claude  A.  Dock,  owner 
of  the  Dox  Theater,  was  appointed 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Manag- 
ers, Michigan  State  Fair,  by  Gov. 
Frank    Murphy. 


Hold  Outing  on  Saturday 

Cincinnati — Queen  City  Warner's 
Club  will  hold  its  annual  outing 
Saturday  at  the  Pines  Country  Club. 


neWS  Of  TH€  DflV 


Boston — Herbert  Higgins,  former- 
ly with  Warners  as  head  booker,  has 
moved  the  offices  of  his  booking  ser- 
vice to  Room  510,  120  Arlington  St. 
Higgins  has  taken  on  two  more  ac- 
counts, booking  for  the  Lyric  The- 
ater, Kennebunkport,  Maine,  and 
the  Park  Theater,  East  Jaffrey,  New 
Hampshire. 

Montreal  —  Eddie  Harris,  sound 
and  service  supervisor  of  Famous 
Players  Canadian  Corp.  has  returned 
from  a  six  weeks'  inspection  trip 
to  western  Canada  and  the  Pacific 
Coast. 


Millerton,  N.  Y. — Sam  Rosen  and 
Arthur  Lockwood  have  leased  the 
Millerton  Theater  to  the  Litchfield 
Players  for  a  two-a-week  straw  hat 
season.  Policy  of  pictures  to  be 
shown  to  round  out  the  week  has 
not  yet  been  determined. 


Toronto — Harry  Lester,  proprietoi 
of  the  Bonita  Theater  here  is  stim- 
ulating scholarship  among  pupils  in 
his  neighborhood — and  at  the  same 
time  building  good-will — by  announc- 
he  will  present  10  medals  to  the 
ten  highest  ranking  scholars  in  the 
five  schools  adjacent  to  his  theater. 


Chicago  —  The  Federal  Theater 
Project  has  taken  over  the  Shubert- 
controlled  Selwyn  theater  for  sum- 
mer stock  presentations.  Guest  stars 
will  be  used  from  time  to  time. 
Sam  Ward  is  handling  publicity  for 
the  project. 


Pittsburgh— The  Cathedral  Thea- 
ter at  New  Castle,  seating  3,300  and 
formerly  operated  by  Charles  Free- 
man, has  just  been  taken  over  by 
the  Dipson  Theatrical  Enterprises. 

Detroit — George  Mitchell,  public- 
ity manager  of  the  Fox,  has  been 
appointed  to  post  of  director  of 
publicity  for  Secretary  of  State 
Leon  D.  Case.  Harry  Remington, 
Mitchell's  former  colleague,  will 
take  over. 


Baltimore — Another  pix  house  is 
to  open  shortly  in  Lexington  St.  in 
the  downtown  film  district.  Named 
the  Lexway,  theater  seats  350  and 
is  to  be  run  by  Moe  Cohn  and  W.  I. 
Silverberg. 


Chicago — Al  Burne,  secretary  to 
John  Balaban,  is  back  on  the  job  at 
the  Chicago  Theater  offices  after  a 
tussle  with  appendicitis.  Al  Kaufman 
of  the  booking  department  is  still 
on  the  sick  list. 


Omaha  —  Jake  Mitchell,  well- 
known  equipment  salesman,  has 
joined  Scott-Ballantyne  Co.  sales 
staff. 


San  Antonio — Mexican  films  con- 
trolled by  the  dissolved  Carabaza 
Film  Co.  have  been  acquired  by  the 
Azteca  Films  Distributing  Co.  Pix 
will  be  handled  locally  by  J.  J. 
Jimenez  of  the  Latin-American  Film 
Exchange. 


Chicago  —  Roy  Blass,  theater 
architect,  has  completed  plans  for 
the  remodeling  of  the  Alvin  Theater 
and  the  York  Theater  in  Elmhurst. 


New  Haven  —  Harry  F.  Shaw, 
Loew-Poli  Division  Manager,  is  on 
the  State  committee  for  the  open- 
ing of  the  new  Middletown  Bridge 
on  Aug.  6. 


Chicago — Abe  Gumbiner  has  ap- 
pointed S.  M.  Gumbinger  as  general 
manager  of  his  circuit,  succeeding 
Rube   Leventhal,   resigned. 


Chicago — Roy  Alexander,  former- 
ly of  Melrose  Park  Theater,  has 
purchased  the  Granada  Theater  at 
Racine,  Wis.,  from  the  20th  Cen- 
tury Amusement  Corp.  House  seats 
1,020.  The  deal  was  handled  by 
Reuben  Levine. 


Detroit — Jack  Broder,  manager  of 
the  Advance  Circuit,  has  appointed 
Sam  Carver,  formerly  Downtown 
manager,  to  the  head  booker's  post 
at  his  circuit,  vacated  by  William 
Klarry. 


Detroit — Plans  for  construction  of 
a  second  new  theater  in  St.  Clair 
Shores,  east  end  suburb,  are  re- 
ported abandoned,  following  opening 
of  the  new  Shores  Theater. 


Detroit  —  John  Penrod,  former 
manager  of  the  Jefferson,  has  been 
made  manager  of  the  Sheridan  by 
Moule  and  Newman  Circuit,  and 
John  Tabor  is  new  manager  of  the 
Chandler  for  Joseph   Mellon. 


Pittsburgh — Dave  Selznick,  man- 
ager of  the  local  Monogram  ex- 
change, is  feeling  greatly  improved 
since  his  recent  operation  for  a 
throat  ailment. 


Crandon,  Wis.  —  Robert  Ashton, 
Eagle  River  exhib.,  has  taken  over 
the  Crandon  Theater  at  Crandon. 


Chicago — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Maurice 
Katz,  parents  of  Sam  Katz,  expect 
to  spend  their  vacation  on  the  West 
Coast  with  their  son. 


Omaha — Omaha  Variety  Club  will 
provide  equipment  and  films  for 
weekly  showing  at  Children's  Health 
Camp  during  summer  months.  Camp 
is  for  50  under-privileged  Omaha 
children. 


Omaha  —  Branch  Manager  Joe 
Scott  of  20th-Fox  and  Mrs.  Scott 
are  parents  of  a  girl,  weighing  six 
pounds,  12  ounces.  Younster  has 
been  named  Sadie  Ann. 


Chicago — A.  P.  Conroy,  manager 
of  the  ace  Uptown  Theater  of  the 
B  &  K  circuit,  is  on  a  vacation  mo- 
tor trip  to  Minnesota  with  his 
brothers.  Ben  Adelman,  assistant 
manager,  goes  to  Yellowstone  Park 
on  a  motor  tour. 


ASGAP'S  INJUNCTION 
IN  FORGE  IN  FLORIDA 


(.Continued  from  Page  1) 

General  Cary  D.  Landis,  against 
whom  the  injunction  was  issued,  has 
been  succeeded  in  office  by  a  nfw 
incumbent,  the  injunction  did^  t 
apply. 

The  court,  however,  denied  Ascap's 
application  regarding  the  present 
Attorney  General  on  the  ground  that 
he  has  not  threatened  to  enforce  the 
statute.  The  court  asked  the  At- 
torney General  if  he  would  consent 
to  substitution  of  the  restraining 
order  originally  issued  against  the 
Late  Cary  D.  Landis.  This  he  re- 
fused to  do.  Subsequently  the  in- 
junction was  "continued"  in  full 
force  for  all  "practical  purposes", 
since  the  court  denied  the  state's  mo- 
tion to   dismiss  the  suit. 

Attorneys  Louis  D.  Frolich  and 
Herman  Finkelstein  appeared  for 
Ascap,  while  Tyrus  Norwood  headed 
the  state's  counsel. 


WEDDING  BELLS 


Chicago — Charles  T.  Boisumeau, 
manager  of  Balaban  &  Katz  Ter- 
minal theater,  was  married  to  Hazel 
Bushell  Tuesday.  The  couple  are 
at  Mackinac  Island  for  a  honeymoon. 

Indianapolis  —  Jean  Summers, 
Paramount  billing  clerk  and  Joe 
Bisesi,  were  secretly  married  June 
25. 


Betty  Hind,  secretary  to  E.  J. 
Barnard,  Paramount  branch  man- 
ager, will  marry  Bob  Stevens,  Para- 
mount booker  July  27. 


Ruby  Meyrose,  Paramount  switchr 
board  operator  and  J.  Kenton  Gard- 
ner, will  be  married  Aug.  27. 

Springfield,  Mass.  —  Milton  L. 
Wainstein,  assistant  manager  of  the 
Paramount  here,  is  on  a  motor 
honeymoon  with  his  bride  the  form- 
er Rosalyn  Sacks  of  Holyoke. 


Olms  Funeral  Tomorrow 

Funeral  services  for  Louis  D. 
Olms,  48,  treasurer  of  the  Empire 
theater,  who  died  Monday  of  a  heart 
attack  in  his  Essex  House  apart- 
ment, will  be  held  tomorrow  at  10 
a.m.  from  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church  of  the  Holy  Innocent,  124 
W.  37th  St.  Burial  will  be  in  Cal- 
vary cemetery.  His  widow  and  a 
daughter,  Doris,   survive. 


Deauville  (By  Cable)  —  Vivian 
Ostrer,  son  of  Mark  Ostrer,  is  hon- 
eymooning here  with  the  former 
Pauline  Spiak,  American  dancer, 
following   their   marriage    in   Paris. 

Boston — Janice  Pouzzner,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  Pouzz- 
ner, prominent  New  England  the- 
ater operator,  will  marry  Harold 
Silberstein  of  Wausau,  Wis.,  Sun- 
day afternoon,  July  24,  at  the 
Pouzzner  estate  in  Newtonville. 


Wednesday,  July  13,  1938 


iw 


*  DAILY 


,000  in  Attendance  at 
Funeral  of  Aaron  Saperstein 

(Continued  from  Page  1) 

harry  Fisher.  Rabbi  Sachs  of  the 
ongregation  Anshe  Emet  and  Al- 
?rman  Jacob  Arvey  spoke  at  the 
cave  at  Waldheim  Cemetery.  A 
?tail  of  police  escorted  the  body  to 
ie  burial  ground. 

.George  Browne,  president  of  the 
'~jBE,  flew  in  for  the  funeral.  Ed- 
;e  Golden  of  Monogram  Pictures 
id  F.  H.  Mertz  of  Milwaukee  were 
mong  those  attending  the  services. 

Church  Revenue  Hit,  Says 
Cleric,  Fighting  "Jack  Pot" 

Tulsa,  Okla. — Hearing  on  an  in- 
unction suit  brought  by  Rev.  J.  E. 
ridges  to  keep  the  Rex  theater 
•ora  operating  a  "jackpot  night"  is 
ow  being  heard  by  Judge  Floyd 
taley  here.  The  pastor  claimed  the 
ear-by  theater  had  become  a  public 
uisance  because  of  the  "jackpot 
ight"  and  its  attendant  crowds. 
he  theater  has  proved  to  be  such 
In  attraction  that  attendance  and 
Election  in  the  church  has  fallen 
ff.  he  states. 

,  Since  the  pastor's  salary  consisted 
f  three-fourths  of  the  collections  it 
;  a  serious  economic  problem  to 
im. 


Sregory  Circuit  to  Open 

Two  Theaters  In  Fall 


Chicago — The  Gregory  circuit  is 
ushing  work  on  the  800-seat  Wal- 
ace  theater  at  Peru,  and  the  new 
loxy  theater  at  Delphi.  Both 
ouses  are  expected  to  be  ready  for 
arly  fall  openings.  The  circuit  has 
ecently  acquired  the  1,700-seat 
<  itate  theater  at  Anderson,  Ind. 

James  Gregory,  co-manager  of 
he  circuit  is  expected  back  from 
is  round  the  world  honeymoon  trip 
bout  July  20. 

Selznick  Signs  Cromwell 

Vest  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  John  Cromwell  has 
een  signed  by  David  0.  Selznick  to 
irect  "Made  for  Each  Other,"  co- 
tarring  Carole  Lombard  and  James 
Stewart. 


Leaps  to  Safety 

Tabor  City,  N.  C— Mrs.  J.  H. 
Anderson  escaped  with  minor  burns 
>y  leaping  from  a  second  story  win- 
low  when  fire  destroyed  her  hus- 
>and's  Ritz  theater. 


Feldman  At  Army  Camp 

Chicago — Ben  Feldman,  manager 
•f  the  B  &  K  United  Artists,  is 
pending  his  two-week's  vacation  in 
amp  with  the  Army  reserve. 


Playing  It  Safe 

A  film  exec,  who  dislikes  personal 
publicity,  yesterday  was  asked  if  he  had 
anything  to  say  for  publication.  The 
reply  was,  "I  haven't  a  thing  to  say, 
but   don't   quote   me." 


Dietrich  May  Make  London  Films  Pix; 
Hulbert  Also  Reported  in  Korda  Deal 


London  (By  Cable)  —  Marlene 
Dietrich,  in  association  with  Joseph 
von  Sternberg,  is  reported  forming 
a  British  company  to  produce  at 
least  one  picture  for  Alexander 
Korda's  London  Films.  Jack  Hul- 
bert  further  is  reported  to  have 
made  a  deal  with  Korda  whereby  he 
will  make  three  subjects  for  London 
Films. 

Elisabeth  Bergner  is  making 
"Stolen  Life"  at  Pinewood  under  the 
direction  of  Paul  Czinner.  Margaret 
Kennedy  wrote  the  story.  Michael 
Redgrave   plays  opposite   the   star. 

ATP's  "Penny  Paradise",  with  Ed- 
mund Gwenn,  Betty  Driver  and 
Jimmy  O'Day  is  nearing  its  finish 
and  preparations  are  under  way  for 
George  Formby's  "It's  in  the  Air". 

Maurice  Elvey  is  directing  "Light- 
ning Conductor",  the  Gordon  Har- 
ker-John  Lodge  picture  about  air 
raid  precautions,  at  Pinewood. 

Herbert  Brenon  has  finished 
shooting  on  "Yellow  Sands"  at  Els- 
tree.  Three  more  productions  are  in 
work  at  the  studios:  "Yes,  Ma- 
dam", musical  with  Diana  Church- 
ille  and  Bobby  Howes,  "Black  Lime- 


light", starring  Raymond  Massey, 
and  "Hold  My  Hand",  Stanley  Lu- 
pino  musical  which  Thornton  Free- 
land  is  directing. 

David  MacDonald  is  well  along 
on  "Bird  in  the  Bush"  for  British 
National  to  be  followed  at  once  by 
"The  Key  Above  the  Door". 

Gainsborough's  U.  S.  gangster 
film,  "Hey,  Hey,  U.  S.  A.!"  is  well 
along  in  work  with  Marcel  Varnel 
directing.  Will  Hay  has  the  lead 
and  is  supported  by  Edgar  Kennedy 
and  Tommy  Bupp,  Hollywood  juven- 
ile. 

Oswald  Mitchell  is  preparing  to 
direct  "Old  Mother  Riley  in  Paris" 
for  Butcher,  a  sequel  to  "Old  Mother 
Riley",  with  the  same  stars,  Arthur 
Lucan  and  Kitty  MacShane,  variety 
artists. 

John  Warwick,  young  Australian 
actor,  is  starring  in  Crusade  Films' 
production  of  the  Edgar  Wallace 
thriller,  "The  Flying  55",  for  Pathe 
release  with  Reginald  Denham  di- 
recting. In  the  cast  are  Derek 
de  Marney,  Nancy  Burne,  Marius 
Goring,  Peter  Gawthorne  and  Amy 
Veness. 


Sues  to  Set  Aside  Sales        Set     Boatman"  Coast  Deal 

Distribution  of  "The  Volga  Boat- 
man" on  the  Coast  will  be  handled 
by  Barron  &  Nathan,  newly  formed 
San  Francisco  firm  for  distribution 
of  foreign  films,  it  was  announced 
yesterday  by  J.  H.  Hoffberg  Co., 
distributors  of  the  film  in  this  coun- 
try. "Hotel  Paradise",  a  new  Swed- 
ish picture  imported  by  Hoffberg, 
is  being  held  over  at  the  Julian  The- 
ater, in  Chicago,  following  its  pre- 
miere there  recently,  it  was  learned. 


Norwalk,  O. — Claiming  a  major- 
ity interest,  Rosa  Stoll  of  Bellevue, 
O.,  has  filed  suit  here  to  set  aside 
the  sale  of  the  Tiffin  theater  in  Tif- 
fin, O.,  to  the  Schine  interests  and 
the  sale  of  the  Lyon  Theater  in  Bel- 
levue to  the  Schade  interests.  She 
claims  Francis  Reeh  and  Louis  Stoll 
sold  the  properties  without  her  con- 
sent. 


Ritz  Bros.  $15,000  P.A. 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Lou  Irwm  has  signed 
the  Ritz  Bros,  for  a  personal  ap- 
pearance at  the  Chicago  Theater, 
Chicago,  opening  August  5  at  $15,- 
000  a  week,  said  to  be  the  highest 
salary  paid  a  single  vaudeville  act 
in  the  past  10  years. 

Margolis  Hurt  In  Crash 

Indianapolis — Mark  Margolis,  lo- 
cal theater  operator  has  been  con- 
fined to  the  Methodist  Hospital  sev- 
eral days  suffering  from  injuries  re- 
ceived in  an  auto  accident. 


Lunceford  for  the  State 

Jimmie  Lunceford  and  his  or- 
chestra have  been  booked  into 
Loew's  State  for  the  week  of  July 
21. 


UA  Soft  Bailers  Win 

Chicago — The  United  Artists  the- 
ater soft  ball  team  won  the  Balaban 
&  Katz  League  tournament. 

Collins  Named  Prexy 

Lowell,  Mass. — William  E.  Col- 
lins has  been  elected  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  Lowell  Theater  Co. 


CAAP'S  Philanthropy 

Chicago  —  Chicago  Association  of 
Amusement  Publicists  is  sending  32 
under-privileged  children  to  Camp 
at  Scott,  Lake  Michigan,  for  a  per- 
iod of  eight  weeks  this  summer.  Lee 
Florsheim,  Roy  Topper  and  Herb 
Ellisburg  of  Essaness  form  the 
committee   in  charge. 


"Datelines"  in  Trans-Lux 

"Datelines,"  short  subject  pro- 
duced by  Lora  Hays,  dramatizing  in- 
cidents reported  in  the  newspapers, 
has  been  booked  to  play  the  Trans- 
Lux  Theaters  for  three  days  starting 
July  20.  Lenauer  International  Films 
is  distributing  the  short. 


"Reformatory"  as  Single 

San  Francisco  —  "Reformatory" 
starring  Jack  Holt  and  produced  by 
Larry  Darmour  for  Columbia  re- 
lease, will  be  single  billed  at  the 
Golden  Gate  Theater  opening  July 
20. 


Move  to  Tax  Foreign  Pix 

Profits  in  Sweden  Flops 

Stockhold  (By  Cable)  —  Second 
Chamber  of  the  Riksdag  has  re- 
jected the  report  of  its  committee 
which,  if  adopted,  would  have  lev- 
ied a  tax  assessment  on  the  profit 
made  here  by  foreign  film  producers. 
Also  rejected  was  the  proposal  that 
the  fees  received  by  the  Censors' 
Bureau  be  used  for  prizes  to  be 
given  producers  of  the  best  Swedish 
pix. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  fa- 
vored a  more  rigorous  censorship  of 
films  since  many  films  portray  too 
high  a  valuation  of  luxury  and  com- 
fort and  emphasize  the  erotic  side 
of  life.  An  investigation  was  pro- 
posed to  the  end  that  there  should 
be  a  more  effective  use  of  films  in 
the  service  of  education. 

These  suggestions  as  well  were 
rejected.  While  others  may  be  re- 
vived, it  is  believed  that  no  further 
attempt  will  be  made  to  tax  local 
profits  of  foreign  companies. 


Will  Modernize  the  Ashton 

Washington   Bureau   of   THE  FILM   DAILY 

Washington — The  Ashton  Theater 
will  close  Saturday  for  a  $45,000 
modernization  program,  it  is  an- 
nounced by  the  George  H.  Rucker 
Co.  The  Ashton  is  Arlington 
County's  oldest  motion  picture 
house,  modernization  will  include 
new  air  cooling,  cushion  seats,  re- 
decorating, enlarged  street  entrance 
and  other  features,  and  is  expected 
to  be  completed  August  16.  Man- 
agement of  the  house  was  assumed 
recently  by  Neighborhood  Theater, 
Inc.,  of  Richmond. 

Goldberg  to  Produce 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Jesse  J.  Goldberg  is 
preparing  to  resume  production,  with 
a  program  of  six  features  contem- 
plated. Goldberg  has  severed  his 
association  with  Ben  Judell's  Prog- 


Harry  damage   Buried 

Detroit  —  Harry  Clamage,  51, 
manager  of  Avenue  Theater  for  15 
years,  was  buried  in  Machpelah 
Cemetery.  He  is  survived  by  his 
widow,  Sarah,  and  three  children. 


Business  Better  In  W.  Va. 

Cincinnati — Max  Stahl,  UA  busi- 
ness manager,  returned  from  W. 
Va.,  reports  business  decidedly  im- 
proved, with  the  mines  starting  to 
open. 


Shore  Leaves  Hospital 

Cincinnati — -Manny  Shore,  W.  Va., 
exhibitor  has  been  discharged  by 
Holmes  hospital  and  has  returned 
to  his  home  in  War. 


Cause  and  Effect? 

Newark,    N.    J. — On    the    marquee    of 
a   local   movie  house: 
"Tarzan  Escapes".  .  ."Start  Cheering." 


MOST 
WIDELY  USED 


ONLY  one  raw-film  factor  matters  much  to 
the  motion  picture  public.  But  that  factor, 
photographic  quality,  is  the  most  important 
of  all. . . .  Reason  enough  why  Eastman  Super 
X  has  become  the  cameraman's  stand-by... 
the  world's  most  widely  used  motion  picture 
negative  medium.  Eastman  Kodak  Company, 
Rochester,  N.  Y.  (J.  E.  Brulatour,  Inc.,  Dis- 
tributors, Fort  Lee,  Chicago,  Hollywood.) 


EASTMAN  SUPER  X 

PANCHROMATIC    NEGATIVE 


_ 


Intimate  in  Character 
International  in  Scope 
Independent    in    Thought 


FlL.fc    wr  I 

^O    IMO"F   BEMOV* 


The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now  Twenty   Years  Old 


—  74,  NO.  11 


NEW  YORK,  THURSDAY,  JULY  14.  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


Jistrib.  Proposals  Reported  Receiving  Study  by  Hoys 

?0TH-F0XT$T HALF NETAT  1937  LEVEQCHENCK 

38  Pix  Announced  for  1937-38  Held  Over,  Says  Allied 


xh 


ib.  Association  Lists  Titles 
in  Bulletin  to   Its 
Membership 

Thirty-eight  pictures  announced 
;  majors  for  release  in  1937-38  were 
;ld  over  and  are  advertised  on  the 
)38-39  programs,  a  bulletin  issued 
jsterday  by  national  Allied  de- 
ares. 

According  to  Allied's  compilation, 
-for  which  100  per  cent  accuracy  is 
ot  claimed — Columbia  and  Univer- 

< Continued  on  Page  7) 


iOMMERGIAL  PICTURES 
VOLUME  SETS  RECORD 


Says  Joseph  M.  Schench: 

"Business  should  be  excellent  next  season.  Every  indication 
points  to  it,  and  I  think  it  is  picking  up  now." 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  board  chairman's  forecast  was  made  as 
he  sailed  yesterday  for  Europe  on  the  Normandie. 


SILVERSTONE  TO  SEE 
PRODUCERS  ON  POLICY 


Detroit  —  Commercial  film  sales 
Dlume  for  first  six  months  of  1938 
Dnsiderably  exceeded  the  former  all- 
me  six  months'  high  for  the  same 
eriod  of  1937,  Wilding  Picture  Pro- 
i  tactions  reports.  All  three  WPP 
:udios  are  reported  active,  with  con- 

(Continued  on  Page   4) 


ees  N.  Y.  Tele  Audience 
Tripling  London's  in  Year 

Greater  New  York  television  audi- 
nce  will  be  triple  that  of  London 
ithin  a  year,  it  is  predicted  by  S. 
[.  Saltzman,  prexy  of  the  American 
elevision  Corp. 

Estimate,  says  Saltzman,  does  not 

(Continued  on  Page   7) 


That  13  Jinx 

Pittsburgh  —  You  couldn't  convince 
certain  guests  at  the  stag  birthday  party 
given  John  H.  Harris,  national  presi- 
dent of  the  Variety  Clubs  and  head  of 
the  Harris  Amusement  Co.,  at  his  home 
the  other  night  that  13  is  not  an  un- 
lucky number.  Upon  leaving,  13  of  the 
men  crowded  into  an  elevator  built  for 
eight,  with  the  result  that  it  slowly 
but  surely  sagged  straight  down  from 
the  penthouse  apartment  to  the  base- 
ment. When  it  finally  stopped  there, 
the  door  could  not.be  opened  for  half 
an  hour.  To  make  matters  worse  it  was 
sweltering  hot,  but  as  one  of  the  un- 
lucky 13  says,  "You  couldn't  collapse 
if  you  tried  because  there  wasn't  enough 
room  to  even  wiggle  a  toe." 


Maurice  Silverstone,  general  man- 
ager of  United  Artists,  will  discuss 
production  and  policies  with  all  of 
the  UA  producers  next  week  on  the 
Coast.  Accompanied  by  Charles 
Schwartz,  his  attorney,  Silverstone 
leaves  at  midnight  tonight  for  an 
indefinite  stay  in  Hollywood. 

Silverstone  yesterday  admitted 
that  he  would  confer  with  David  0. 
(Continued  on  Page  7) 


Lichtman  First  Questioned 
in  Loew  Stockholders  Suit 


West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Al  Lichtman  was  the 
first  executive  of  Loew's,  Inc.,  to  be 
questioned  for  deposition  in  the  case 
of  11  stockholders  of  Loew's,  Inc., 
who  seek  to  have  the  board  of  di- 
rectors abrogate  the  contracts  now 

(Continued  on   Page   5) 


HUGHES  BACK  TO  PIX; 
HAS  18  FILM  STORIES 


Howard  Hughes  plans  to  resume 
his  production  activities  shortly  af- 
ter he  returns  from  his  present 
world  flight,  it  was  said  yesterday 
by  R.  M.  Savini,  a  close  friend  and 
business  representative  of  Hughes. 
Savini  said  that  Hughes  owns  18 
stories  on  which  he  has  been  work- 
ing periodically  since  he  abandoned 
production  several  years  ago. 

One    of   the    stories    concerns    the 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 

Cullen  Appointed  Loew's 
District  Mgr.  in   Midwest 

Appointment  of  Mike  Cullen  as 
Loew's  district  manager  in  the  mid- 
west with  headquarters  in  Colum- 
bus, 0.,  was  announced  yesterday 
by  J.  R.  Vogel,  head  of  Loew's  out- 
of-town    theaters.       Cullen    replaces 

(Continued  on  Page  5) 


Company's     Board     Chairman 
Sails  for  Europe  in  Opti- 
mistic Mood 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  earnings 
for  the  first  six  months  of  1938 
should  approximate  the  same  figure 
as  a  year  ago,  it  was  estimated  yes- 
terday by  Joseph  M.  Schenck,  chair- 
man of  the  board,  and  he  finally  got 
away  for  a  European  vacation  on  the 
Normandie. 

For  the  first  half  of  1937,  the 
20th-Fox  net  profit  was  $3,755,483, 
equal  to  $3.88  on  the  preferred  and 
$1.76  on  the  common  outstanding. 
The  1938  statement  is  expected  to 
be  ready  late  in  the  month. 

Schenck,  sailing,  radiated  business 

(Continued  on  Page  6) 


$3,168,500  GB  NET; 
DIVIDEND  IS  OMITTED 


Distrib.  Committee  Drafting  Trade 
Proposals  Making  Steady  Progress 


"One-Third  of  a  Nation" 

Pact  Has  Quality  Clause 

Paramount  has  a  "quality  clause" 
in  its  agreement  to  distribute  "  .  .  . 
one  third  of  a  nation  ..."  which 
Harold  Orlob  plans  to  produce  in 
the  east,  it  was  learned  yesterday. 
It  is  understood  that  the  picture 
must  live  up  to  certain  qualifications 
and    requirements    before    Para,    is 

(Continued  on  Page   7) 


Will  Hays,  MPPDA  prexy,  re- 
turned from  the  Coast  yesterday 
and  reportedly  is  studying  the  plan 
now  being  worked  out  by  the  dis- 
tribs.  trade  practice  committee, 
headed  by  Sidney  R.  Kent.  It  is  un- 
derstood that  a  definite  proposal  is 
rapidly  taking  shape,  with  the  pos- 
sibility that  an  announcement  will 
be  forthcoming  early  next  week. 

Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  president  of 
Loew's,  Inc.,  and  an  alternate  chair- 

(Continued  on  Page  5) 


London  (By  Cable) — Financial  re- 
port of  Gaumont-British,  made  public 
yesterday,  shows  a  profit  of  $3,168,- 
500.  This  represents  a  slight  de- 
cline. 

No   dividend   was   declared. 


"Cavalcade  of  America" 

as  Fair  Free  Attraction 


Following  conferences  with  Will 
Hays,  MPPDA  president,  and  U.  S. 
Commssioner  General  Edward  J. 
Flyrin,  Theodore  T.  Hayes,  executive 
assistant  commissioner  of  the  U.  S. 
New    York    World's    Fair    Commis- 

( Continued  on  Page  7) 


"Antoinette"  Aug.  1G 

Metro's  "Marie  Antoinette"  definitely 
will  have  its  Eastern  premiere  at  the 
Astor  Theater,  New  York,  on  Tuesday, 
Aug.  16,  the  home  office  disclosed  yes- 
terday as  its  Marie  Antoinette  Museum 
in  the  theater  had  its  invitation  "pre- 
view." Box  office  sale  for  the  two-a- 
day  run  opens  immediately.  Scale  will 
be  the  usual  50  cents-$2.  An  extra 
midnight  show  is  planned  Saturdays; 
Sunday  shows  will  be  at  3,  6,  8:40  p.m. 


"*" 


Iritis 

W'^  DAILY 


Thursday,  July  14,  193fi 


Vol.  74,  No.  1 1       Thurs.,  July  14,  1938       10  Cents 


JOHN    W.    ALICOATE 


:      Publisher 


DONALD    M.    MERSEREAU      :     General    Manager 
CHESTER    B.   BAHN  :      :      :      :      :    Editor 


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NEW    YORK    STOCK    MARKET 


Am.    Seat 

Columbia     Piers,    vtc. 
Columbia    Picts.    pfd.. 

Con.    Fm.    Ind 

Con.    Fm.    Ind.    pfd. 

East.    Kodak     

do    pfd 

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do    pfd 

Paramount    

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Pathe    Film    

RKO     

20th    Century-Fox 
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do     pfd 


Net 
High     Low     Close     Chg 

13%  12%  13%  +  Vi 
15V4  14%  1,51/4  +  l'A 
34         34         34       +     % 


71 
175 


63/4       7 
169       169% 


14%     14%     14%      

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12  11% 

96  95 

12%  113/4 

71/4  6% 

23/4  2% 

25%  25 

343/4  343/4 

40  38% 

71/4  63/4 

36  35 


11%  +     % 

95  —     % 

113/4  +       I/, 

6%  +     % 

23/4       

253/B  +     % 

343/4  +   % 

40  +2 

6%  +     1/4 

36  +  1 


NEW    YORK    BOND    MARKET 

Keith    A-0   6s46 

Loew    6s41ww     100       100       100         

Para.     B'way    3s55...61%     61%     61%—     Va 
Para.    Picts.    6s55   .  .      95%     95%     95%   +     % 

Para.  Picts.  cv.  3  %s47     

RKO    6s41     70%     70         70  

Warner's    6s39     80         79         80       +   1% 

NEW  YORK  CURB   MARKET 

Grand  National    %         %         % 

Monogram    Picts.    .  .  .      2%       23,4       2%  —     % 

Sonotone  Corp 1%       1%       1%  —     % 

Technicolor     23  i/a     223/e     22%—     % 

Trans-Lux     

Universal  Picts 

N.    Y.    OVER-THE-COUNTER    STOCK    MARKET 

Bid      Asked 

Pathe    Film    7    pfd 

Fox  Thea.   Bldg.   6%s   1st   '36 

Loew's   Thea.    Bldg.   6s   1st   '47 

Met.    Playhouse,    Inc.    5s   '43 

Roxy  Thea.   Bldg.  6'/4s   1st  '43 


MILES 

Public  Projection  Rooms 

Two  Private  Theaters    Latest  Projection  Equipment 

Air   Conditioned — Night    Screenings 

Ample  Seating  Capacity 

Cutting    Rooms  Vault    Space 

Inspection     Delivery    Service 
729  Seventh  Ave.  BRyant  9-5600 


"Robin  Hood"  Sets  Marks 
in    Manila   and   Shanghai 

Despite  the  heat,  wars,  and  gen- 
erally unsettled  conditions  in  the 
Far  East,  Warners'  "The  Adven- 
tures Of  Robin  Hood"  is  cleaning 
up  in  Manila  and  Shanghai,  accord- 
ing to  reports  from  these  two  cities 
just  received  at  the  home  office. 

The  film  has  cracked  every  mark 
in  Manila  where  it  was  shown  on  a 
roadshow  basis,  and  far  exceeds  any 
of  the  recent  big  grossers  to  play 
in  town.  It  will  be  released  at  regu- 
lar prices,  the  latter  part  of  this 
month.  In  Shanghai,  it  opened  at 
the  Grand  Theater,  where  it  smashed 
the  all-time  mark  at  the  house. 


NEC  in  Temporary  Quarters; 
Sub-Conferences  Being  Held 

Washington    Bureau    of    THE   FILM  'DAILY 

Washington  —  Temporary  quart- 
ers for  the  National  Economic  Com- 
mittee have  been  established  in  the 
offices  of  the  Federal  Trade  Com- 
mission, Leon  Henderson,  its  secre- 
tary, announced  yesterday.  Branch 
office  may  later  be  opened  on  Capi- 
tol  Hill. 

The  six  government  agencies  par- 
ticipating in  the  monopoly  investi- 
gation are  holding,  or  preparing  to 
hold,  sub-conferences,  Henderson 
stated. 


Hal  Roach  Eastern  Office 

Will  Move  on  Aug.  1 

Hal  Roach's  Eastern  office  will 
move  Aug.  1  from  its  present  quar- 
ters in  the  Loew  building  to  the 
United  Artists  home  office  at  729 
Seventh  Ave.  New  headquarters 
will  be  established  on  the  third  floor. 


Quimby,  Metro's  Shorts 

Head,  Due  for  Confabs 

Fred  Quimby,  manager  of  M-G- 
M's  short  subject  department,  is  due 
in  New  York  shortly  for  home  office 
conferences  in  connection  with  the 
current  shorts  program. 


Blumenstock  to  Burbank 

Mort  Blumenstock,  in  charge  of 
Warner  advertising-publicity  in  the 
East,  leaves  today  for  Burbank  to 
huddle  with  Jack  L.  Warner  and  S. 
Charles  Einfeld.  He  is  due  back 
in   10  days. 


Wurtzel  Robbed  of  Gems 

West    Coast    Bureau   of    THE   FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood — Sol  Wurtzel  reported 
to  police  yesterday  that  his  Bel-Air 
home  had  been  entered  by  burglars 
who  got  away  with  jewelry  and 
other  valuables  worth  $50,000. 


Joins  GN   Paris  Office 

Al  Crown,  former  Grand  National 
representative  for  South  America, 
sailed  yesterday  on  the  Normandie 
for  France  where  he  will  be  con- 
nected with  the  Paris  office. 


Justice  Dept.   Denies  Confab 
Call  on  Master  in  Chancery 

Washington    Bureau   of    THE   FILM  'DAILY 

Washington — The  Justice  Depart- 
ment last  night  denied  the  continued 
report  that  Assistant  Attorney  Gen- 
eral Arnold,  in  charge  of  anti-trust 
division,  had  issued  a  call  for  a  con- 
ference of  distributor  and  theater 
chain  representatives  to  discuss 
supposed  master  in  chancery  West 
Coast  appointment  to  solve  clear- 
ance, zoning  and  other  trade  prob- 
lems. 

"No  call  has  been  issued,"  it  was 
said.  No  change  was  reported  from 
Tuesday's  statement  that  the  mas- 
ter in  chancery  idea  will  not  be  de- 
veloped until  after  the  department's 
West  Coast  investigation  is  com- 
pleted. 


Columbia  Closes  Product 

Deal  With  Fabian  Circuit 


Columbia's  complete  1938-39  line- 
up of  features,  westerns,  shorts  and 
serials,  will  play  the  Fabian  The- 
aters' circuit's  14  houses  in  New 
York  state,  A.  Montague,  the  com- 
pany's general  sales,  manager,  an- 
nounces. The  deal  was  closed  by 
Louis  Weinberg,  circuit  sales  ex- 
ecutive and  Phil  Fox,  Albany  branch 
manager  acting  for  Columbia  and 
Si   Fabian   representing  the  chain. 


Seven  RKO  Theaters  Sign 

for  1938-39  Warner  Pix 


With  Ben  Kalmenson,  Western 
and  Southern  Sales  Manager,  acting 
for  Warner  Bros,  and  Fred  Myers, 
signing  for  the  RKO  circuit,  War- 
ners has  concluded  a  deal  which  puts 
the  entire  1938-39  lineup  in  these 
theaters:  Main  Street,  Kansas  City; 
Capitol,  Marshalltown,  la.;  Brendeis, 
Omaha;  Orpheum,  New  Orleans; 
Orpheum,  Sioux  City,  la.;  Iowa,  Ce- 
dar Rapids;  and  the  Orpheum,  Dav- 
enport. 


"Cavalcade  of  Stuff"  Will 

Be  Offered  to  Majors 

First  subject  in  the  "Cavalcade  of 
Stuff"  series,  with  Col.  Stoopnagle 
as  commentator,  has  been  completed 
by  Astor  Pictures  and  was  given 
a  sneak  preview  Tuesday  night. 
Audience  reaction  was  reportedly 
good.  The  second  of  the  series  is 
scheduled  to  be  completed  today. 

Series  will  be  offered  shortly  to 
major    companies    for    distribution. 


Nebraska  Theater  Burns 

Table  Rock,  Neb.  —  Fire  of  un- 
known origin  completely  destroyed 
the  300-seat  Roxey  here.  The  thea- 
ter was  co-owned  by  Frank  and  Ben 
McCurry   of  Pawnee   City. 


Raoul  Cleaver  Recovers 

Detroit — Raoul  Cleaver,  manager 
of  Imperial  Pictures  of  Michigan, 
has  just  recovered  from  three  weeks' 
illness  due  to  acute  indigestion. 


com i no  mid  gomc 


MAURICE  SILVERSTONE  and  CHARLE 
SCHWARTZ   leave   tonight   for   the   Coast. 

JUDCE  THOMAS  D.  THACHER,  attorney  fc 
the  Atlas  Corp.,  sailed  yesterday  on  the  Man 
hattan  with  his  family  for  a  month's^'  -atio 
in   Europe.  » 

ARTHUR  A.  BALLENTINE,  film  attorne) 
sailed    for   Europe   yesterday   on   the    Manhattat 

WILLIAM  J.  CLARK,  short  subjects  manag< 
for  20th-Fox,  is  in  Pittsburgh  this  week  at  th 
company's  branch  there. 

LEON  S.  SNIDER  arrives  from  England  Mon 
day  on  the  Queen   Mary. 

CHARLES  BALLANCE,  Paramount's  genen 
manager  in  India,  arrives  in  New  York  ne> ' 
Tuesday  on   the   Nieuw  Amsterdam   from   Franci 

LOU  PHILLIPS  of  Paramount's  legal  deparl 
ment  leaves  today  for  a  month's  vacation  i 
Mexico  City. 

LEONORE  LORNE,  society  beauty  of  Dot 
Chester,  Mass.,  flew  to  the  Coast  to  be  scree 
tested  by  Frank  Z.  Clemente,  Spanish  pictut 
producer. 

MORT  BLUMENSTOCK,  in  charge  of  advertis 
ing  and  publicity  in  the  East  for  Warner: 
trains  to  the  Coast  today  for  confabs;  he'll  b 
away  10  days. 

RUD  LOHRENZ,  acting  Midwest  district  man 
ager  for  Warners,  is  in  town  for  meetings  wit 
Ben    Kalmenson,    division    chief. 

LARRY    COLOB,    of    the    Warner    home    offic 

publicity    department,    left    yesterday    for    Bal 
more    and    Washington;    he    returns    Monday. 

R.  A.  KRIER,  assistant  continental  managt , 
for  20th-Fox,  sailed  yesterday  on  the  Normandi' 
for   Paris. 

AL  CROWN,  representative  for  Grand  Na 
tional,  left  yesterday  on  the  Normandie  f 
the   Paris  office  of  the  company. 

HAROLD  CLURMAN,  director  of  the  Crou 
Theater,  KERMIT  BLOOMGARTEN,  businei 
manager,  and  ELIA  KAZAN,  Group  advisot 
council  member,  arrive  next  week  on  the  Cham 
plain. 

MR.  and  MRS.  ERICH  POMMER  and  the: 
son    are    staying    at    the    Sherry    Netherland. 

C.  BURTON,  architect  for  Paramount,  is  i 
Miami  to  award  contracts  for  the  remodelin 
program    for   the    Paramount   theater   there. 

HELEN  JEPSON,  singer,  arrived  on  the  Coa 
yesterday   via    American   Airlines. 

THEODORE  T.  HAYES,  executive  assistan 
commissioner  of  the  United  States  New  Yor 
World's  Fair  Commission  is  en  route  to  Holly 
wood. 

SCOTT  R.  DUNLAP,  v.-p.  anl  production  hea 
of  Monogram  leaves  the  Coast  Saturday  f 
conferences  with  the  board  of  directors 
New  York. 


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Best  wishes   from   THE   FILM   DAILY  to 
the      following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY  14 

Dave  Fleischer 

Hal  Sloane 

Jay   Henry  , 

Lucien  Prival 

Stuart   Stewart 

Charles  Weinstein 

Louis    F.    Blumenthal 

M.  J.   Siegel 


When  you  browse  through  the  quarterly 
magazine  published  by  Consumers  Bureau 
__^ of  Standards,  Summer  1938  issue,  you'll 
.  be  startled  to  find  that  motion  pictures 
are  appraised  just  like  canned  salmon, 
government  graded  butter  and  women's 
slips  (pardon  the  expression). 

There  are  26  productions  listed  under  the 
heading  "RECOMMENDED  MOTION 
PICTURES"  and,  if  you  will  forgive  our 
blushes,  9  are  M-G-M,  the  next  nearest 
competitor  has  4  and  thereafter  the  vari- 
ous companies  rank  with  3,3,3,3  and  1. 

If  M-G-M  didn't  win  one  of  these  surveys, 
polls  or  star  popularity  votes . . .  that  would 
be  news.  It  would  not  only  be  man  bites 
dog,  but  lion  bites  editor 

It's  NEWS  in  any  case. 

Here's  news,  too.  Lend  an  ear. 


INSIDE  STUFF  ON 
"MARIE  ANTOINETTE" 

"Just  met  a  theatre  circuit  operator  back 
from  California.  This  fellow  was  tipped  off 
to  a  sneak  preview  (prior  to  the  World 
Premiere — see  belou  )  of  'Marie  Antoinette' 
outside  of  Los  Angeles.  Claims  it's  by  far 
the  greatest  picture  turned  out  in  years. 
It's  the  talk  of  California.  And  here's 
what  the  Manager  of  the  theatre  showing 
the  Preview  wrote  to  his  home  office  . . . 
confidentially:  .  .  .'This  was  the  first  pre- 
view and  played  to  a  full  house.  The 
minute  the  audience  saw  they  were  to 
witness  'Marie  Antoinette'  they  pretty 
nearly  tore  the  theatre  down.  We  have 
never  received  a  finer  reaction  to  any 
preview  in  this  theatre.  The  comment 
cards  elected  it  as  one  of  the  greatest 
motion  pictures  of  all  time." 

EXTRA ! 


"Today's  white-haired  boy" 


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As  We  Go  to  Press! 

MARIE  ANTOINETTE" 
WORLD  PREMIERE 

CARTHAY  CIRCLE 

LOS  ANGELES 

SENSATIONAL! 

WATCH  THE  PAPERS 

READ  THE   REVIEWS! 

ANOTHER  GREAT  M-G-M 

TRIUMPH  IS  LAUNCHED! 


JIMMY  STEWART- 
THE  NEXT  CHAMP 
AT  THE  BOX-OFFICE! 

Rosy  predictions  for  you,  James.  We  get  it 
from  the  showmen  who  show  "Shopworn 
Angel."  Listen  to  the  fans.  Overheard  in 
the  lobbies  of  America  where  money 
talks:  "There's  my  new  passion,  girls, 
Jimmy  Stewart."  "Reminds  me  of  how  my 
Frankie  makes  love,  so  modest-like." 
"He's  never  been  so  appealing."  "He's  a 
real  American  type,  the  kind  I'd  like  to 
have  around  the  house."  Mr.  Stewart  has 
been  climbing,  hit  by  hit,  up  the  ladder  of 
success.  Conservative  theatre  men  say  that 
his  co-starring  role  with  Margaret  Sulla  van 
in  "Shopworn  Angel"  represents  the  final 
clincher.  He's  a  box-office  name.  Listen  to 
the  gals  in  your  lobby  after  the  show  and 
you'll  say  ditto! 

•    •    •    •    • 

V  ARNOLD  MORGAN  aSUlHVAN  CARCAH 

THE  CROWD  RO 

24-SHEET  ROARS! 

America  gets  an  eye-full  of  M-G-M  adver- 
tising. In  1200  cities  the  gay  billboards 
tell  the  crowds  about  Bob  Taylor's  big 
new  show.  Depend  on  your  pal  Leo  any- 
time but  especially  when  you  need  him 
most,  in  the  good  old 
summer  time. 


rFVE  GOT  A 
MILLION  OF  'EM! 

The  audience  at  the  Preview  of  "The 
Crowd  Roars"  returned  more  "Comment 
Postcards "  to  the  studio  than  for  any 
picture  within  recent  years.  That's  a 
Hollywood  high  sign. 


M-G-M  EXECS  EXPLODE 

"Love  Finds  Andy  Hardy"  was  shown  in 
the  M-G-M  projection  room  Monday. 
M-G-M  execs  were  still  laughing  when 
they  came  to  work  Tuesday. — Advt. 


•    •    •    •    • 


THE^/fe^-STORY  OF 
JUDGE  HARDY'S  FAMILY 

and  It's  The  Best  Yet! 


a  dingerou)  crisis  niih  hi-udi  up  ,  .  .  and  the 
lo.c  hug  nibble),  gnnwi  and  chewi ...  on  girl- 
cnxy  Mickey  Rooncyl  A  grand  cnicruinmcnl! 


ST  HMD? 

*.,.  LEWIS  STONE  •  MICKEY  ROONEY 

JUDY  GARLAND  •  CECILIA  PARKER 

FAY  HOLDEN 


Screen 

it 

fast! 

Give 

it 

all 

you've 

got! 

It's 

the 

smash 

hit 

of 

Summer! 


•    •    •    •    • 


WHAT'S  THE 

SHOOTING 

FOR? 


Reports  from  the  filming  of  "THE  CITA- 
DEL" are  exciting.  King  Vidor  directing. 
Robert  Donat,  Rosalind  Russell  co-stars. 
Looks  like  the  MEF  (Metro  Expeditionary 
Forces)  will  bring  back  an  attraction  big- 
ger than  "Yank  at  Oxford." 

The  "BOYS'  TOWN"  company  still  on 
location  at  the  actual  famed  spot  in 
Omaha.  Spencer  Tracy,  Mickey  Rooney 
— perfect  casting  for  this  heart  story. 
Norman  Taurog  directing.  A  show  to  look 
forward  to. 

Hunt  Stromberg,  Producer,  Van  Dyke, 
Director,  are  too  busy  to  take  the  bows 
for  "Marie  Antoinette."  They're  back 
with  the  pair  they  launched  to  co-stardom 
— Jeanette  MacDonald,  Nelson  Eddy. 
"SWEETHEARTS"  is  the  show,  and  the 
show's  a  sweetheart. 

The  talk  of  the  M-G-M  studios:  the 
beauty,  the  romance  of  "THE  GREAT 
WALTZ"  (Luise  Rainer,  Fernand  Gravet, 
Miliza  Korjus)  and  the  thrill,  merriment 
and  box-office  wallop  of  "TOO  HOT 
TO  HANDLE"  (Clark  Gable,  MyrnaLoy). 

All  is  not  quiet  on  the  Western  front.  Fts 
busy  as  hell  at  the  M-G-M  studios. 

And  it  all  spells 
BUSINESS! 


-oCejcr 


WE 


DAILY 


Thursday,  July  14,  1938 


COMMERCIAL  PICTURES 
VOLUME  SETS  RECORD 


(.Continued  from  Page   1) 

centration  of  dramatic  productions 
at  Culver  City. 

Films  are  now  in  production,  all 
sound,  for:  Willard  Storage  Battery 
Co.,  Affiliated  Greyhound  Lines,  Gen- 
eral Tire  &  Rubber  Co.,  Shell  Union 
Oil  Corp.  (N.  Y.),  Independent  Gro- 
cers' Alliance  Distributing  Co.,  Har- 
ley-Davidson  Motor  Co.,  Seiberling 
Rubber  Co.,  Fisher  Body  Division  of 
General  Motors  Corp.,  Surface  Com- 
bustion Corp.,  The  Goodyear  Tire  & 
Rubber  Co.,  Dodge  Division  of 
Chrysler  Corp.,  and  Duo-Therm  Divi- 
sion of  Motor  Wheel  Corp. 

Wilding  is  issuing  a  new  brochure, 
"A  Brief  Discussion  of  Minute 
Movies." 


Alexander  Film  Closes 

Most  Successful  Year 


Colorado  Springs,  Colo. — Closing 
a  12-month  period  which  was  termed 
by  M.  J.  Mclnaney,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  sales,  as  the  most  success- 
ful year  in  company  history,  the 
Alexander  Film  Co.  here  ended  its 
annual  five-day  convention  of  Mas- 
ter Salesmen. 

Field  representatives  were  told  of 
material  progress,  both  in  the  open- 
ing of  new  screens  to  one-minute- 
or-less  commercial  releases  and  of 
the  vast  growth  in  screen  patron- 
age by  retail,  sectional  and  local  ad- 
vertisers. 

Execs,  who  led  discussions  were 
J.  Don  Alexander,  president;  M.  E. 
Zetterholm,  general  director  of  Gen- 
eral Screen  Advertising,  Inc.,  of 
Chicago;  Frank  Gibbs,  special  na- 
tional representative;  B.  C.  Alex- 
ander, special  midwest  representa- 
tive, and  Bruce  Scholes,  special 
West  Coast  representative. 


George  O'Brien  in  P.A. 

Sweetwater,  Tex. — Fifty  thousand 
persons  are  expected  here  today 
when  George  O'Brien  will  officially 
present  the  bathing  beauty  award  at 
the  Sweetwater  annual  feminine 
revue.  An  overland  airliner  from  the 
Coast  will  make  a  special  stop  to  per- 
mit O'Brien  to  alight. 


2C  yEARjf  AGC 
IN    PICTIKES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Sunday,  July  14, 
1918: 

EDITORIAL:  Watch  your  step  about  signing 
contracts.  Many  things  are  happening  and 
many  more  will  happen  in  the  next  three 
months  which  seriously  affect  next  year's  book- 
ings. 

REVIEW  of  Constance  Talmadge  in  Select's 
"A  Pair  of  Silk  Stockings":  Star's  personality 
great   help.      Farce    interesting,    funny    in   spots. 

REVIEW  of  Baby  Marie  Osborne  in  Diando- 
Pathe's  "Cupid  by  Proxy":  Kiddie  star  lost  in 
hackneyed  meller  that  provides  little  for  her 
to  do. 

Yes,  20   Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures  1 


with  PHIL  M.  DALY 


•  •      •     NEW   YORK'S   famed   Metropolitan   Museum has    a 

potent   rival   today in   the   Marie   Antoinette   Museum housed 

in  the  Astor  Theater and  presented  by  Metro's  Howard  Dietz 

as   a   ballyhoo   for  the   forthcoming Norma   Shearer-Tyrone   Power 

pix there  was  a  "preview"  yesterday for  the  press  and  others 

and  starting  today the  museum   will  be  open free   of 

charge to  all  comers from   11    a.m.   to  midnight 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     A    CATALOGUE   and   display    cards enable   the 

visitor to    properly    appraise the    wealth    of    authentic 

antiques and  studio  recreations brought  Eastward 

from  Culver  City 'twould  take  not  one but  two 

yes,  three columns  in  this  HI,  ol'  paper to   enumerate 

what  has  been  assembled but  this  you  can  mark  down 

the  Marie  Antoinette  Museum will  be  one  of  the  most  talked 

about of  New  York's  Broadway  attractions for  the  next 

month and  the  thousands  of  out-of-town   visitors who 

will  see  it will  make  all  America  Marie  Antoinette-conscious. 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     TALK   ABOUT   pre-selling   a   picture it's   doubtful  if   a 

more  adroit  ballyhoo stunt  could  have  been  conceived can't 

you  just   hear  the Old   Lady  from  Dubuque and   Aunt  Nettie 

from    Auburn and    Uncle    Henry    from    Liverpool telling    'em 

back  home how  they  saw  Marie  Antoinette's Coronation  Robe 

of  Royal  Purple and  the  Boudoir  of  Madame  Du  Barry take 

it  from  us Metro's  problem during  the  next  few  weeks 

won't  be  getting  'em  into  the  Astor but  getting  'em  to  leave 

the  Museum  is  THAT  good 

T  T  V 

•  •      •     VERA,   VERA   smart meaning   the   format 

for  the  United  Artists 1938-39   product  announcement 

that  goes  out  tomorrow it's  linen-bound and  the  front 

cover carries  a  "film  strip" of  six  United  Showmen . .'. . . 

meaning    Goldwyn Korda Selznick W  anger 

Small and  Roach while  in  his  foreword George  J. 

Schaefer  says "Of  all  the  product  announcements .  . .  .1  have 

made  during  my  many  years in  the  motion  picture  business 

I  am  proudest of  the  story  told on  the  following 

pages" 

T  ▼  ▼ 

•  •  •  AT  THE  Ampa  Awards  luncheon  today at  the  Wal- 
dorf-Astoria   Hizzoner    Mayor    LaGuardia will    be    officially 

represented by    License     Commissioner    Paul    Moss and    'tis 

rumored  that the  Commissioner  will  have something  im- 
portant to  say about  the   quality   of  theater  advertising.  ..... 

T  T  T 

•  •  •  NED  DEPINET,  Jules  Levy  and  Barret  McCormick 
must  be  smiling  up  their  sleeves as  they  note  the  in- 
terest  in    Howard    Hughes'    world- circling    flight for 

RKO  Radio  has  "Sky  Giant"  poised for  a  national  take-off 

in  the  entertainment  world on  July  22 "Sky 

Giant"  concerns  the  planning of  a  new  air  route  to  Asia 

and  Europe by  way  of  Alaska Nice  going,  RKO 

T  T  ▼ 

•  •      •     THAT   "Algiers"   review  contest set  by   Carl  Krueger 

UA  artful  exploiteer with  the  N.  Y.  Journal-American 

means   more   than   40,000   lines of  gratis   plugging for   Walter 

Wanger's   pix during   its   Radio   City   Music   Hall   run winner 

gets    a   trip    to   Paris "Algiers"   further   gets    the   benefit of   a 

"Night  in   Algiers" at  the   Versailles next  Monday with 

Monroe   Greenthal    extending   the   invitations 


HUGHES  BACK  TO  PIX; 
HAS  18  FILM  STORIES 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

brief  career  and  sinking  of  the  Ti 
tanic,  a  yarn  which  the  flyer  is  saic 
to  favor  as  his  first  picture  despite 
the  fact  that  David  O.  Selznickf'anns 
a  picture  with  a  similar  theme; 

Hughes  is  entrusting  Savini  with 
the  negotiations  for  distribution 
which  will  get  under  way  when  the 
flyer  returns. 


Sunday  Pix  Conviction 

In  Virginia  Is  Appealec 

Hampton,  Va. — James  R.  Booth, 
manager  of  the  Langley  and  Lee 
theaters,  was  assessed  the  minimum 
fine  of  $5  and  costs  in  County  Trial 
Justice  Court  on  a  charge  of  violat- 
ing the  state  "blue  law."  The  case, 
on  appeal,  will  be  sent  to  Circuit  I 
Court  for  trial  during  the  present 
term. 

Upon  Booth's  admission  that  the 
theaters  were  in  operation  last  Sun- 
day, Justice  John  W.  Bowen  waived 
further  evidence  and  imposed  the 
fine.  An  appeal  was  immediately 
noted. 


Fredericksburg,   Va.  —  The    local 

chapter  of  the  WCTU  went  on  rec-lf1 

ord    as     disapproving  Sunday    pix 
here   and   elsewhere. 


80  Playing,  220  Dining 

at  Cleveland  V.C.  Party 

Cleveland  —  Annual  golf  tourna- 
ment and  dinner  party  of  Clevelan 
Variety     Club     at     the     Beechmont  v 
Country  Club  today  will  attract  80 
players  and  220  diners.     More  than 
100  prizes  will  be  distributed. 

Jack  Shulman  heads  the  commit- 
tee in  charge;  also  serving  are  M. 
B.  Horwitz,  Henry  Greenberger, 
Perc.  Essick  and  Jerry  Friedlander 

Merchants  Offer  Pix 

Canton,  O.— Free  open  air  talkies.; 
are  being  sponsored  every  Thursday 
night  by  the  merchants  at  nearby 
Hartsville.  Portable  equipment  is 
being  used  in  the  presentation  of 
the  film  programs  which  include  full 
length  features,  news,  comedies,  and 
short  subjects.  Village  has  no  movie 
house. 


11 


The  Winnah! 

Harry  L.  Gold,  Eastern  division  man- 
ager of  United  Artists,  has  been  an- 
nounced as  the  winner  of  the  Sailfish 
Contest  sponsored  by  Eastern  Air  Lines' 
Flying  Fisherman  Club.  Gold's  prize 
catch  weighed  77  pounds,  10  ounces, 
and  won  him  the  award  of  a  round-trip 
from  Newark  Airport  to  Miami  via  the 
Great  Silver  Fleet.  The  Flying  Fisher- 
man Club  was  founded  by  E.  V.  Ricken- 
backer,  president  and  general  manager 
of  Eastern  Airlines,  Inc.,  and  members 
are  required  to  fly  to  Florida  via  this 
line  and  to  catch  a  tarpon,  martin, 
sailfish  or  bonefish  —  legitimately  and 
ethically — with   rod  and   reel. 


ii 


jrsday,  July  14,  1938 


w 


DAILY 


AYS  SAID  STUDYING 
DISTRIB.  PROPOSALS 


A  "JMkU"  fa*»  "JUte 


(.Continued  from  Page   1) 

q,    said    yesterday    that    steady 
gTess  is  being  made  by  the  com- 
e^k  and  that  its  members  appear 
i  _  'encouraged  by  the  results. 
Meanwhile,   exhibitor  associations 
undergoing  a  session  of  watch- 
waiting,    with    their     directors 
,dy  to  huddle  on  short  notice  when 
plan  is  ready  for  submission. 


illen  Appointed  Loew's 
District  Mgr.  in  Midwest 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

!   A.   Finney  who,  hereafter,   will 
.  on  special  assignment  out  of  the 
w  York  office. 
Upon  taking  over  his  new  duties 

nday,  Cullen  will  have  supervis- 
;  over  Loew's  theaters  in  Colum- 
L  Kansas  City,  St.  Louis,  Indian- 
plis,  Evansville,  Dayton  and  Pitts- 
igh.      He  formerly  was  manager 

Pittsburgh. 


iio  Bill  Extending  Tax 

On  Admissions  is  Signed 

Columbus,  0.  —  Gov.  Martin  L. 
vey  has  signed  the  recently-passed 
5r  relief  program,  providing  $12,- 
),000  for  the  remainder  of  this 
ir  and  establishing  a  state  relief 
ministration.  Principal  relief 
•  asure  receiving  the  governor's  ap- 
pval  was  one  extending  the  utility, 
missions,  beer,  malt  and  wort  taxes 
rough  1941,  and  permitting  the 
inties  to  issue  bonds  this  year  in 
i.icipation  of  80  per  cent  of  the 
kenue,  estimated  to  make  avail- 
!.e  $7,204,700  to  the  24  neediest 
unties,  which  must  match  the  state 
ints,  dollar  for  dollar. 


Lesser  Signs  Leonard  Fields 

U   Coast  Bureau   of   THE  FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood — Sol  Lesser  of  Princi- 
II  Productions  has  signed  Leonard 
;lds  as  associate  producer.  His 
;t  assignment  will  be  "Peck's  Bad 
'y  at  the  Circus,"  starring  Tommy 
;lly.  Edward  F.  Cline  will  direct 
1  RKO  release. 


WEDDING  BELLS 


Norman  Elson  of  the  Brandt  The- 
irs, will  be  married  on  Aug.  10 
Peggy  Knapp,  and  will  leave  on 
four  weeks'  trip  to  Murray  Bay, 
nada. 


Paris  (By  Cable) — Edward  Conne, 
w  York  film  producer,  and  Jac- 
eline  Freeman,  daughter  of  Sid- 
y  Freeman,  internationally  known 
:>rtsman,  will  wed  in  August. 


// 


By  RALPH  WILZ 


HOLLYWOOD 
Henry  King  Renews  Pact 

L-JENRY  KING  has  signed  a  re- 
newal of  his  long-term  con- 
tract with  20th  Century-Fox  studios. 
Academy  Award  winner  and  one  of 
Hollywood's  leading  directors,  King 
has  been  in  charge  of  some  of  the 
most  important  productions  made 
by  Darryl  F.  Zanuck.  He  is  soon  to 
begin  "Jesse  James,"  a  Technicolor 
picture  based  upon  the  life  of  the 
famous  outlaw,  in  which  Tyrone 
Power  will  play  the  title  role. 

▼  T  T 

"Have  a   Pinch?" 

Originally  carried  by  Napoleon, 
the  jewelled  snuff-box  rented  as  a 
property  for  "Camille"  has  just 
been  purchased  by  Director  Clarence 
Brown  from  the  estate  of  Count 
Henri  de  Farnieux. 

T  T  ▼ 

What?     Only  a  Thousand?    ?   ? 

Over  1,000  different  experts,  not 
counting  extras,  will  have  been  em- 
ployed by  Producer  Albert  Lewin  in 
preparing  "Zaza"  for  Paramount 
release.  Represented  are  46  voca- 
tion fields,  including  writing,  act- 
ing, carpentry,  and  other  artisanry, 
stenography  and  other  office  work, 
dress  making,  research  and  interi- 
or designing. 

T  ▼  T 

Exit   Kay,    Enter    Linda 
Warner    Bros,    has    changed    the 
name  of  Kay  Winters,  new  contract 
player,  to  Linda  Winters. 


Goulding    on   "Dawn   Patrol" 

Edmund  Goulding  has  been  signed 
by  Warners  to  direct  "The  Dawn 
Patrol,"  in  which  Errol  Flynn  will 
be  starred.  An  earlier  version  of 
the  same  thrilling  war-time  aviation 
story  was  made  by  First  National 
in  1930,  in  which  Dick  Barthlemess 
had  the  stellar  role. 

T  T  ▼ 

Ricardo  Cortez  to  Direct 

Ricardo  Cortez,  screen  leading 
man  who  recently  signed  an  actor- 
writer-director  contract  with  20th 
Century-Fox,  has  been  designated 
by  Executive  Producer  Sol  M.  Wurt- 
zel  to  direct  "A  Very  Practical 
Joke,"  third  in  the  "Roving  Re- 
porter" series. 

T  T  ▼ 

Lanfield  Reading  Scripts 

Confined  to  the  hospital  for  a 
minor  operation  following  his  com- 
pletion and  preview  of  "Always 
Goodbye,"  Director  Sidney  Lanfield 
has  returned  to  his  Beverly  Hills 
home  and  has  started  reading  sev- 
eral scripts  in  the  search  for  his 
next  picture  for  20th  Century-Fox. 

T  ▼  ▼ 

Today's   Helpful   Hint 

An  interesting  record  has  been 
established  at  Columbia,  where  dur- 
ing the  past  10  years  50  boys  who 
got  their  start  in  the  information 
department  have  been  promoted  to 
various  other  departments.  Captain 
Taylor  Duncan  has  been  head  of 
the  department  for  the  past  10 
years. 


Michigan  Business  Down, 

But  Few  Closings  Seen 


Detroit — Practically  all  houses  of 
Butterfield  Circuit  are  operating  on 
virtually  day-to-day  basis  as  far 
as  notice  to  projectionists  is  con- 
cerned. However,  summer  closings 
have  not  appeared  in  any  volume, 
and  apparently  few  will  actually  oc- 
cur in  competitive  situations. 

Biz  through  the  state  is  reported 
off  about  50  per  cent,  with  smaller 
sized  cities  suffering  about  as  badly 
as  the  big  ones.  Detroit  neighbor- 
hood houses  with  an  average  drop 
around  40  per  cent  are  doing  about 
the  best  business  in  the  state. 


"Barney"  Riley  Dead 

Bernard  J.  "Barney"  Riley,  73, 
retired  theatrical  exec,  and  press 
rep.,  died  at  the  Brunswick  Home, 
Amity ville,  L.  I.  A  native  of  Brock- 
ton, Mass.,  he  had  been  advance  rep- 
resentative of  Denman  Thompson  in 
"The  Old  Homestead,"  of  Raymond 
Hitchcock  in  "The  Yankee  Coun- 
selor" and  of  "King  Dodo,"  and  had 
been  connected  with  productions  of 
David  Belasco,  Henry  W.  Savage, 
Klaw  &  Erlanger  an  Arthur  Ham- 
merstein. 

Surviving  is  a  brother,  P.  F.  Riley, 
of  this  city. 


Lichtman  First  Questioned 
in  Loew  Stockholders  Suit 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

held  by  12  executives  of  the  com- 
pany. It  was  a  closed  hearing  and 
was  conducted  by  Emil  K.  Ellis  of 
New  York.  Lichtman  was  examined 
for  six  hours.  He  defended  the 
bonus  payment  plan  to  the  execu- 
tives and  explained  the  method  of 
arriving  at  percentages  of  bonus 
and  stock  options  for  the  executives. 
Louis  B.  Mayer  will  be  questioned 
today  and  is  expected  to  be  on  the 
witness  stand  for  two  days. 


To  Handle  First  Div.  Pix 

Boston — Sam  Davidson,  head  of 
Cameo  Screen  Attractions,  Inc.,  has 
taken  over  the  distribution  rights 
to  First  Division  Pictures  formerly 
handled  by  Grand  National.  The 
deal  involves  more  than  sixty  fea- 
tures. 


Russo's  22nd  Anniversary 

Chicago  —  Dan  Russo,  leader  of 
the  RKO  Palace  theater  ork,  is  cel- 
ebrating his  22nd  anniversary  in 
that  spot.  It  is  the  longest  con- 
tinuous engagement  in  this  terri- 
tory. 


«REVICUJS» 


"Professor  Beware" 

with  Harold  Lloyd,  Phyllis  Welch,  Raymond 

Walburn,   Lionel  Stander 
Paramount  87  Mins. 

RIOTOUS  SLAPSTICK  COMEDY  WITH 
LLOYD  AT  HIS  BEST  SHOULD  SCORE 
HEAVILY  AT  THE  B.O. 

Making  his  first  picture  in  two  years, 
Harold  Lloyd  has  a  box  office  winner  in 
"Professor  Beware."  Making  no  pretense 
at  the  comedy  being  other  than  slapstick,  it 
is  riotously  funny,  with  a  smash  climax 
good  for  plenty  of  belly  laughs  from  any 
audience.  The  story  has  been  skillfully 
devised  to  make  the  most  of  the  comedy 
situations,  and  consequently  it  is,  and  re- 
mains, a  comedy  throughout.  Lloyd  is  as- 
sisted by  a  charming  and  capable  perform- 
er in  the  person  of  Phyllis  Welch.  A  long 
list  of  expert  laugh  getters  in  the  support- 
ing cast  is  headed  by  Raymond  Walburn, 
Lionel  Stander,  Cora  Witherspoon,  Etienne 
Girardot  and  William  Frawley.  Notable  in 
the  picture  is  the  windup  sequence  which 
is  turned  into  a  free-for-all-riot  of  the  type 
that  an  audience  loves  to  see,  with  second 
honors  going  to  a  sequence  with  Lloyd 
and  Frawley,  when  Frawley  is  drunk.  The 
direction  of  Elliot  Nugent  is  top-notch  and 
Delmar  Daves  deserves  plaudits  for  his 
screenplay.  Lloyd  is  a  professor  of  Egypto- 
logy in  a  Coast  museum,  and  the  possessor 
of  nine  tablets  describing  the  life  and  love 
of  a  pair  of  ancient  Egyptians.  Lacking 
the  missing  piece  of  the  last  tablet  he  gets 
an  offer  to  join  an  expedition  going  to 
Egypt.  His  troubles  start  when  he  is  fired 
from  the  museum  for  getting  in  a  scrape, 
brought  about  by  helping  Phyllis,  who  has 
Frawley  in  tow.  Frawley  is  so  drunk  that 
when  he  wakes  up  the  next  day  he  ac- 
cuses Lloyd  of  stealing  his  clothes.  The 
police  pursue  him  from  state  to  state, 
and  Phyllis  chases  him  too.  She  helps  him 
get  away  from  the  police,  and  after  being 
arrested  near  New  York  for  vagrancy  when 
they  are  caught  in  a  refrigerator  car,  on 
the  advice  of  Walburn  and  Stander,  two 
hoboes  they  have  picked  up,  they  get  mar- 
ried to  keep  out  of  jail.  Phyllis  turns 
out  to  be  an  heiress,  but  she  has  fallen  for 
Harold  and  by  a  ruse  makes  him  chase  her. 
He  finally  wins  the  respect  of  her  father 
after  he  besieges  his  yacht,  and  everybody 
is  happy.  This  one  provides  real  amuse- 
ment  for  every   type  of  audience. 

CAST:  Harold  Lloyd,  Phyllis  Welch,  Wil- 
liam Frawley,  Etienne  Girardot,  Raymond 
Walburn,  Lionel  Stander,  Thurston  Hall, 
Cora  Witherspoon,  Sterling  Holloway,  Mary 
Lou  Lender,  Montagu  Love,  Christian  Rub, 
Spencer  Charters,  Guinn  Williams,  Ward 
Bond,  Leonid  Kinsky,  Wright  Kramer, 
George  Humbert,  Charles  Lane,  Clara  Blan- 
dick,  Tom  Herbert,  Bruce  King,  Charlotte 
Wynter,  James  Dolan. 

CREDITS:  Produced  by  Harold  Lloyd; 
Director,  Elliott  Nugent;  Screenplay,  Del- 
mar  Daves;  Original  Story,  Francis  M.  and 
Marian  B.  Cockrell,  Crampton  Harris,  Jack 
Cunningham  and  Clyde  Bruckman;  Camera- 
man, Archie  Stout;  Editor,  Duncan  Mans- 
field. 

DIRECTION,  Top  Notch.  PHOTOGRA- 
PHY, Fine. 


-si- 


Thursday,  July  14,  193h 


THREE  FIRMS  FILE 
REPORTS  WITH  SEC 


Washington    Bureau    of    THE    FILM  \DAILY 

Washington — Three  major  compa- 
nies have  filed  reports  with  the  SEC, 
revealing  recent  changes  since  the 
last  regular  report  to  the  Commis- 
sion, it  was  learned  yesterday.  The 
companies  filing  reports  were  Co- 
lumbia, Paramount  and  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox. 

Paramount  reported  that  its  cap- 
ital stock  has  been  reduced  to  $28,- 
954,649  and  the  total  number  of 
shares  reduced  to  5,206,952.  One 
hundred  per  cent  of  the  stock  of 
Northio  Theaters  Corp.  has  been 
issued  to  Paramount,  it  was  report- 
ed. Subsidiary  companies  reported 
dissolved  were,  Midhio  Theaters 
Corp.;  Southio  Theaters  Corp.; 
Broadway  Theater  Co.;  Rialto  Real- 
ty Co.;  Cardinal  Amusement  Co.; 
the  Azalea  Company;  Broward  The- 
aters Inc.;  Fort  Lauderdale  The- 
aters, Inc.;  Adams  Theaters,  Inc.; 
Cardinal  Building  Corp.;  and  Island 
Amusement   Co. 

Columbia's  report  disclosed  that 
options  on  common  stock,  without 
par  value,  to  be  represented  by  vot- 
ing trust  certificates  have  been  is- 
sued as  follows:  Samuel  J.  Briskin, 
10,000  shares;  Abraham  Schneider, 
7,500  shares  and  Abraham  Monta- 
gue, 7,500  shares.  The  stock  is 
issuable  at  $13,875  per  share. 

Columbia  also  reported  execution 
of  an  indenture  between  the  Guar- 
anty Trust  Co.  of  New  York  and 
themselves  in  6  year  4%  per  cent 
sinking  fund  debenttures  due  May 
1,  1944  in  the  aggregate  principal 
amount  of  $1,500,000  with  interest. 
Columbia  issued  on  June  20,  1938 
$1,500,000  debentures,  it  is  stated. 
The  debentures  may  be  redeemed  at 
the  principal  amount  and  accrued 
interest  plus  a  premium  ranging 
from  3  per  cent  to  %  per  cent  of 
the  principal,  depending  on  the  time 
when  redemption  takes  place.  The 
debentures  are  to  be  retired  through 
a  sinking  fund  at  the  rate  of  $250,- 
000  principal  amount  with  the  year 
starting  April  30,  1939. 

The  Twentieth  Century-Fox  re- 
port was  a  mere  formality  notifying 
the  SEC  of  the  execution  of  an 
agreement  with  Wobber  Bros,  for 
the  services  of  Herman  Wobber  as 
general  manager  of  domestic  dis- 
tribution from  June  6,  1938  to  June 
4,  1943.  The  contract  cancels  a 
previous  agreement  with  Wobber 
Bros.  The  Commission  was  also  no- 
tified officially  of  the  termination 
of  the  agreement  with  the  late  John 
D.  Clark,  as  general  sales  manager. 


Games  Stay  in  Two  Spots 

New  Haven — Derby  and  East 
Haven  cash  games,  in  and  out  of 
theaters,  remain  undisturbed,  though 
the  remainder  of  New  Haven  County 
has  enforced  the  ban  strictly.  The 
same  situation  applies  in  Shelton, 
only  spot  in  Fairfield  county  to  al- 
low the  games. 


nCUlS  Of  TH€  DAY 


Pensacola,  Fla. — Clinton  Vucovich 
has  been  named  manager  of  the 
new  East  Hill  theater.  Mr.  Vucovich 
was  for  several  years  connected 
with  Gulf  Amusement  Company, 
managing  its  two  local  houses. 


Detroit  —  New  display  room  at 
1323  Trumbull  Ave.  has  been  opened 
by  Uhler  Cine  Machine  Co.  The 
new  Uhler  16  mm.  sound  projector 
is  pictured. 


Detroit — Gus  Coplan  has  booked 
the  WPA  Vaudeville  Project  into 
the  Times  Square  Theater  for  two 
weeks,  opening  July  22,  in  the  first 
steady  theater  booking  the  local 
unit  has  had. 


Detroit — Frank  Krueger,  manager 
of  the  Punch  and  Judy  Theater, 
found  his  infant  son  had  swallowed 
part  of  a  toy,  requiring  surgical  re- 
moval. 


Detroit — Brenton  Herman,  former 
M-G-M  cashier,  after  several  months 
in  University  Hospital,  Ann  Arbor, 
is  now  convalescing  at  his  farm  near 
Oscoda. 


Detroit — Ed  Carrow,  owner  of 
the  Lyons  Theater  at  South  Lyons, 
is  the  father  of  a  new  baby  girl. 


Detroit — George  Marr  is  install- 
ing new  equipment  in  the  Gem  The- 
ater at  St.  Louis,  Mich.  National 
Theater  Supply  has  the  contract  for 
draperies,  stage  rigging,  and  car- 
peting. 


Bridgeport,  Conn. — Athan  Prakas 
has  purchased  the  building  housing 
the  Rivoli  Theater,  which  he  has 
leased  for  more  than  10  years,  and 
other  commercial  property. 


Detroit — National  Theater  Supply 
Co.  is  installing  new  Simplex  sound, 
lighting  fixtures,  and  complete  re- 
decorating in  H.  W.  Sturgess'  Gem 
Theater  at  Saginaw. 


Cincinnati  —  Howard  Hummel, 
NTS,  is  taking  an  extended  vaca- 
tion, touring  Canada. 


Cincinnai — Joe  Bohn,  Indianapolis, 
is  princh-hitting  for  Don  Duff,  booker 
for  Big  Features,  now  honeymooning 
following  his  wedding  to  Alberta 
Francisco. 


Cincinnati — Maury  White,  Asso- 
ciated Theaters,  is  chairman  for  the 
annual  Variety  Club  outing,  tenta- 
tively set  for  July  25. 


Princeton,  Ind.  —  James  Green, 
Princeton  and  Roxy  operator,  has 
gone  to  northern  Minnesota  for  his 
health. 


Pittsburgh  — •  William  J.  Lewis, 
drama  and  motion  picture  editor  of 
the  Sun-Telegraph,  and  his  wife  are 
celebrating  their  forty-third  wed- 
ding anniversary. 


Milwaukee,  Wis.  —  Local  summer 
visitors  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carroll 
Tracy  and  Mrs.  Stephen  Fox  Mac- 
Neill.  Carroll  Tracy  is  business 
manager  for  his  brother,  Spencer 
Tracy,  and  Mrs.  Tracy,  a  former 
Milwaukeean,  will  spend  the  sum- 
mer with  her  sisters  here,  Misses 
Mary  and  Ellen  Sullivan.  Mrs. 
MacNeill,  wife  of  a  20th  Century- 
Fox  scenario  writer,  is  visiting  her 
parents,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  R.  G.  Wash- 
burn. Mr.  and  Mrs  MacNeill  ex- 
pect to  leave  for  Hollywood  in  Aug- 
ust. 


Chicago — Irving  Joseph  has  joined 
the  Chicago  sales  staff  of  Columbia 
Pictures,  succeeding  Irving  Kauf- 
man, who  has  gone  to  B  &  K  as 
assistant   booker. 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.  —  J.  J.  Weber, 
manager  of  the  RKO  Schine- Strand, 
has  gone  to  Rochester  as  manager 
of  Schine's  State,  nabe  house. 

Cleveland  —  Jack  Lawrence  has 
joined  the  local  RKO  sales  force 
following  his  resignation  from  the 
Oliver  Theater   Supply  Co. 


Pittsburgh  —  Mrs.  F.  D.  Moore, 
whose  husband  operates  the  Liberty 
Theater,  Robertsdale,  Pa.,  is  in  the 
Hahneman  Hospital  in  Philadelphia 
for   a   major   operation. 


Pittsburgh — Harry  Meyers,  of  the 
YMCA  Theater  in  Wilmerding,  Pa., 
is  in  the  South  Side  hospital  for  an 
appendectomy. 


Charlotte,  N.  C. — North  Carolina 
Theaters,  Inc.,  will  renovate  the 
Carolina  during  September.  Emil 
Bernstecker  is  manager. 


Chicago  —  Sam  Clark,  Warner 
Brothers  Chicago  publicity  chief,  is 
going  to  the  West  Coast  for  a  two 
weeks'  vacation. 


Chicago  — -  Guerico  and  Barthel, 
theater  supply  dealers,  will  not  move 
into  their  new  quarters  for  about 
60  days,  owing  to  delay  in  the 
modernization  of  the  building  at 
1225    S.    Wabash    Ave. 


Chapel  Hill,  N.  C— The  Pickwick 
Theater  will  be  reopened  by  E.  Car- 
rington  Smith,  manager  of  the 
Carolina   following   remodeling. 

Salt  Lake  City  —  Art  Barron  has 
been  promoted  from  the  ad-sales  de- 
partment of  the  Salt  Lake  City  RKO 
offices  to  salesman  in  the  Montana 
territory. 


Newark,  N.  J.  —  Vacation  season 
finds  downtown  house  managers 
heading  for  distant  points.  Bill 
Phillips,  manager  of  Loew's,  and 
Mrs.  Phillips  are  spending  a  couple 
of  weeks  in  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  and 
Bob  Ungerfeld,  head  man  at  RKO 
Proctor's  and  the  missus  are  shov- 
ing off  in  a  few  days  for  Sturgeon 
Bay,  Wis. 


20TH-F0X  FIRST  HALF 
NETAT1938LEVEI 


{Continued  from  Page  1) 

optimism.     He  asserted  he  sensed 
pick-up  at  the  present  time,  and  of 
fered  the  frank  opinion  that  seasona -f 
prospects  were  excellent. 

No  changes  are  scheduled  ^nth  I 
company's     English    program,    pro* 
duced  by  New  World  Films,  Britis 
subsidiary,    Schenck    said.      He    es| 
pects  to  confer  with  Darryl  F.  Zar  r 
uck,  studio  production  head,  who  i  | 
now  in  Europe,  and  with  Robert  1l 
Kane,      English      production     hea<  t 
while  he  is  in  England.     Final  buc 
gets    for    several    pictures    on    thi 
seven-picture    program   will   be   se 
and  question  of  Technicolor  picture 
on   the   program   will   be   settled,  i 
was  learned. 

Schenck  stated  that  he  was  nc 
in  touch  with  the  KRS  situation  a 
this  time,  and  did  not  know  whethe  } 
or  not  the  company  finally  would  r« 
join.  Sidney  R.  Kent,  president  c 
the  company,  when  he  returned  froi \l_ 
Europe  recently,  stated  that  thei 
was  a  strong  possibility  the  compah 
would  re-affiliate  as  KRS  had  altere 
several   of   its   policies. 

Any  announcement  as  to  wheths 
or  not  20th-Fox  will  pay  regula 
rates  for  the  airing  of  the  premier 
of  "Alexander's  Ragtime  Band"  o 
August  3  will  have  to  come  froi 
CBS,  Schenck  said.  He  had  no  con 
ment  to  make  on  the  recent  chang 
of  policy  by  a  Coast  station. 

Schenck  expects  to  return  hei 
in  the  early  part  of  September 
scheduling  his  return  voyage  fc; 
Sept.  7  on  the  Normandie. 

Wishing  the  Fox  exec,  bon  voff 
age  were  his  brother,  Nicholas  IV 
Schenck,  William  Michel,  Hernia1 
Wobber,  Charles  E.  McCarthy,  Aul 
rey  Schenck,  Spyros  Skouras,  Bei 
and  Sam  Nayfack,  A.  C.  Blumei 
thai  and  a  host  of  others. 


20th-Fox  Continental  Biz 
Holding  Lead,  Says  Krie 

With  all  plans  completed  for  M* 
European  sales  forces  participate*1 
in   the   Kent   Drive  which   20th-Fq,ii 
will  inaugurate  shortly,  R.  A.  Krie^1' 
assistant  continental  European  marJ 
ager    for    the    company,    sailed    fcu' 
Paris   yesterday   on  the  Normandi  » 
Krier    reported    that    the    eompan :t 
was   still  holding  its  big  lead  ov('~ 
last  year's   sales   on  the   Continen 
and   predicted  that  this   division  < 
the  foreign  sales  forces  would  ha\ 
another  banner  year.    The  Europea 
division    won    the    Kent    Drive    las 
year. 

Krier  has  been  conferring  hei 
with  Walter  J.  Hutchinson,  directc 
of  foreign  distribution.  He  is  a! 
sistant  to  Ben  Miggins,  continent! 
European  manager.  Mrs.  Krier  wi 
sail  for  Europe  within  the  next  tvs 
weeks. 


Five  Cents  for  Kids 

Torrington,     Conn.    • —    Warne; 
State  has  reduced  children's  admii 
sions  to  five  cents  twice  weekly. 


■••ursday,  July  14,  1938 


TW 


DAILY 


'8 1937-38  TITLES 
SAID  CARRIED  OVER 


.'  from  Page   1) 

each   have   two   pictures   on   the 

w    season    lineup    that    were    an- 

unced    for     the     current     season; 

-=-1    Artists,    six;    M-G-M,    nine; 
Bros.,  eight;  20th  Century  - 

x,  seven,  and  Paramount,  four. 

Pictures    in    question,   Allied    con- 

nds,  are: 

Columbia:     "You    Can't    Take    It 

i:h   You"  and  "Second  Mrs.  Dra- 

r." 

Universal:     "Letter    of    Introduc- 

ii"  and  "Road  to  Reno." 

United  Artists:    "Four  Feathers," 

>rums,"   "Lady   and  the   Cowboy," 

'ersonal  History,"  "A  Man  and  His 

oman"  and  "The  Young  in  Heart." 
-M-G-M:   "Idiot's  Delight,"  "Under 

lis  Flag,"  "Stand  Up  and  Fight," 

Springtide,"  "The  Great  Waltz," 
,:ell  It  to  the  Marines,"  "The  Great 

anadian,"  "Kim"  and  "Marie  An- 
dnette." 

Warner-First  National:    "The  Sis- 

,>s,"  "Valley   of  the   Giants,"  "On 

m-     Toes,"     "Boy     Meets     Girl," 

)esert  Song,"  "Comet  Over  Broad- 
ly," "Story  of  San  Michele"  and 
u'es,  My  Dailing  Daughter." 

20th  Century-Fox:  "Alexander's 
ngtime  Band,"  "Hudson's  Bay  Com- 

iny,"  "Meet  the  Girls,"  "Susannah 
,   the  Mounties,"  "Stanley  and  Liv- 

?ston,"  "Jesse  James"  and  "Splin- 

r  Fleet." 

I  Paramount:  "If  I  Were  King," 
.Midnight,"  "Paris  Honeymoon"  and 
[Men  With  Wings." 

Allied's  bulletin  adds  that  "there 
ere  quite  a  few  pictures  appearing 

the  1937-38  announcements  which 
,id  boxoffice  titles  which  have  not 
leen  delivered  and  as  to  which  we 

ive  no  definite  information."  Bul- 
tin  then  lists  total  of  48. 


Meadville  Games  Banned 

Pittsburgh  —  The  District  Attor- 
ney at  Meadville,  has  notified  all 
i  eater  operators  in  that  town  that 
ink  nights  must  be  suspended  by 
aturday. 


;New  Theater  Ban  Bill  Dies 

Eveleth,  Minn.  —  Proposed  local 
rdinance  which,  in  effect,  would 
ave  prohibited  any  new  theaters  in 
le  biz  section  has  been  tabled. 


AS  SEEN  BY 

THE   PRESS 

AGENT 


The  Sultan  of  Jahore,  68-year-old 
multi-millionaire,  is  planning  to  journey 
from  his  province  in  the  Federated  Ma- 
lay States  to  Hollywood  next  summer  to 
search  for  a  bride,  he  told  Clyde  Elliot, 
just  returned  from  shooting  locations 
there  for  "Booloo."  He  is  looking  for 
a  bride  "as  like  Dorothy  Lamour  as 
possible,"  having  become  an  ardent  fan 
of    that   actress.— PARAMOUNT. 


To  Tax  or  Not  to  Tax,  Louisiana  Problem 

New  Orleans — To  tax  or  not  to  tax  is  a  question  driving  most  bookers  in  this  ter- 
ritory into  Hamletian  moods.  Not  only  do  they  face  the  problem  of  deciding  whether 
or  not  they  will  bill  the  state  sales  tax  on  film  rentals,  as  required  by  law,  but  how 
much  they  will  bill.  For  the  state  tax  is  one  per  cent,  but  on  New  Orleans  rentals, 
there  would  be  an  added  one  per  cent  for  the  city  sales  tax,  and  on  out  of  the  state, 
there    naturally    is   no    tax.      Headache    powders   are    at   a    demand. 


"Cavalcade  of  America" 

as  Fair  Free  Attraction 


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sion,  has  left  for  the  Coast  to  ar- 
range for  production  of  the  film 
"Cavalcade  of  America,"  as  a  fea- 
ture  of  the  Federal  unit   exhibit. 

Feature  will  be  shown  free  of 
charge,  from  morning  to  closing 
time,  continuously,  in  the  main  build- 
ing of  the  $3,000,000  Federal  area 
at  the  exposition,  thus  making  it 
beyond  question  "the  longest  single 
run  of  any  movie  in  history,"  Hayes 
said  prior  to  his  departure. 

With  a  tentative  outline  of  the 
highlights  of  American  history  pre- 
pared by  a  board  of  educators,  Hayes 
will  contact  all  studios  with  the  view 
to  selecting  the  best  historical  se- 
quences in  pictures  that  each  studio 
has  made,  it  was  learned.  It  is 
planned  to  dovetail  the  footage 
where  possible,  and  other  sequences 
deemed  necessary  will  be  produced, 
it  is  said. 

Government  film  archives  may  be 
also  searched  for  suitable  material. 
A  spokesman  for  the  commissioner 
stated  that  it  is  not  the  plan  of 
the  unit  to  present  a  documentary 
film,  but  an  historical  film  that  will 
be  both  entertaining  and  instruc- 
tive. The  commissioner  stated  be- 
fore he  left  for  the  Coast  that  the 
finished  picture  should  "prove  a 
forceful  argument  in  establishing 
the  film  industry  as  a  great  educa- 
tional  factor   in    American   life." 

The  preparatory  outline  for  the 
picture  calls  for  the  film  to  start 
with  the  first  inaugural  address  by 
George  Washington,  and  trace  the 
history  of  this  country  up  to  the 
present. 


Schley-Leonardson  Agency 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Edna  Schley,  formerly 
in  charge  of  the  story  departments 
for  Myron  Selznick  Agency  and  the 
Orsatti  Company,  will  soon  open  her 
own  agency  for  story  material  and 
writers  in  association  with  Dan 
Leonardson.  Miss  Schley  and  Leon- 
ardson  have  just  returned  from  New 
York  where  they  have  lined  up  to 
represent  some  literary  agents. 

Won't  Sell  the  Roosevelt 

Chicago  —  Balaban  &  Katz  has 
no  plans  to  sell  the  Roosevelt  the- 
ater and  the  house  will  be  kept  open 
throughout  the  summer,  despite  re- 
ports to  the  contrary. 


No  WB-FN  Brit.  Merger 

London  (By  Cable) — Story  pub- 
lished in  the  U.  S.  to  the  effect  that 
Warners  and  First  National  setups 
here  would  be  merged  is  emphatical- 
ly denied. 


Silverstone  to  Confer  With 
Producers  on  UA  Policy 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

Selznick  in  connection  with  the  lat- 
ter's  future  distribution  setup.  How- 
ever, he  indicated  that  his  talks 
with  Selznick  was  not  the  principal 
purpose  of  his  westward  trek. 

Silverstone  and  Schwartz  will 
maintain  headquarters  at  the  Am- 
bassador while  on  the  Coast. 


Clofine  on  Survey  Tour; 

Hitchcock  Back  to  Brit. 


News  of  the  Day  has  no  plans  to 
expand  in  Europe,  Michael  D.  Clo- 
fine, managing  editor,  said  yester- 
day as  he  sailed  for  Europe  on  the 
Normandie.  Clofine  described  his 
trip  as  a  vacation  and  survey  tour. 
Mrs.  Clofine  accompanied  him. 

Sailing  on  the  same  boat  was  Al- 
fred Hitchcock,  English  director. 
Hitchcock  stated  that  he  had  no 
further  commitments  beside  the 
Charles  Laughton  pictures  he  will 
make  in  England,  and  the  picture 
he  will  direct  for  Selznick  Interna- 
tional here.  He  expects  to  return 
here   early  next  year. 


"Romance  of  Limberlost" 

Opens  at  Brooklyn  Fox 

Monogram's  "Romance  of  the 
"Limberlost,"  with  Jean  Parker  in 
the  stellar  role,  opens  today  at  the 
Brooklyn  Fox  Theater  for  an  ex- 
tended run. 

The  picture  has  been  booked  by 
the  entire  Kincey  circuit  in  North 
and  South  Carolina.  First-run  en- 
gagements in  Washington  have  been 
set  for  Seattle,  Bremerton,  Wenat- 
chee,  Everett  and  Olympia.  In  ad- 
dition, the  film  opens  July  22  at 
the  Riviera  Theater,  Tacoma,  for  a 
two-week  engagement. 


Two  Michigan  Schools 

Turned  Into  Theaters 


Detroit — Two  new  Michigan  the- 
aters have  opened — the  Lake  at  Lake 
Orion,  owned  by  Richard  Ingram 
of  Flint,  and  the  Saline  at  Saline, 
operated  by  Lewis  M.  Lash  and  W. 
M.  Gilpin,  both  Dearborn,  Mich., 
school  principals.  Both  houses  are 
former  school  structures.  Progress 
on  the  new  Associated  Theaters' 
house  at  Wyandotte  will  allow  open- 
ing about  Aug.  15. 


Get  Three-Week  Vacation 

A  three-week  vacation  is  the  re- 
ward for  the  employes  of  the  RKO- 
Pathe  shorts  production  department. 
The  offices,  located  at  35  W.  45th 
St.,  will  close  Friday  to  re-open 
Aug.    8. 


N.  Y.  TELE  AUDIENCE 
TO  TRIPLE  LONDON'S 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

include  a  large  number  of  licensed 
amateur  radio  operators  who  will 
probably  be  the  nucleus  of  Ameri- 
ca's television  audience  as  well  as 
the  potential  aides  to  video  experi- 
mentation. 

Public  demonstrations  in  local  de- 
partment stores  of  its  popular-priced 
television  receiving  sets  are  cited  as 
proof  that  the  advent  of  nation-wide 
television  will  provide  a  tremendous 
boon  to  radio  dealers,  department 
stores,  and  retail  outlets  for  furni- 
ture, household  accessories  and  elec- 
trical wares,  the  ATC  exec,  declares. 
In  two  recent  instances  more  than 
5,000  people  were  accommodated 
during  half -hour  scheduled  telecasts. 

"Publicity  of  television  has 
brought  inquiries  about  sets  to  all 
established  radio  dealers,  most  of 
whom  have  not  yet  seen  a  set  or  a 
transmitter,"  says  Saltzman,  "They 
are  relaying  those  inquiries  to  us,  and 
we  are  making  every  effort  to  ac- 
quaint them  with  the  groundwork  of 
the  new  equipment. 

"Distributors  of  radios,  refrigera- 
tors and  automobiles  are  planning  to 
create  an  audience  for  television 
within  the  reach  of  every  licensed 
transmitter.  Their  interest  is  ex- 
ceeded only  by  that  of  the  promotion 
and  traffic  men  of  industry  who  real- 
ize that  they  now  have  a  new  and 
much-needed  stimulus  for  retail  out- 
lets." 

Scheduled  telecasts  are  expected 
to  be  resumed  in  New  York  on  a 
more  extensive  scale  late  this  month. 


One-Third  of  a  Nation" 
Pact  Has  Quality  Clause 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

obliged  to  handle  it  for  distribution. 
It  was  also  said  that  Para,  has  the 
right  to  pass  on  talent. 

According  to  present  .plans,  "... 
one  third  of  a  nation  ..."  is  to  be 
produced  on  a  co-operative  basis, 
with  Sylvia  Sidney,  slated  to  star 
in  the  picture,  and  several  members 
of  the  production  staff  sharing  in 
the  profits 


FACTS 

ABOUT 

FILMS 


Sweden  ranks  next  to  England  among 
European  countries  having  the  greatest 
number  of  motion  picture  theater  seats 
per  inhabitants  —  Sweden  having  one 
seat  for  every  18  people  while  England 
has  one  for  every   12. 


NATIONAL  MAGAZINES 


PIC       I3  HU  13       &      ID    I   ST 

4+     T    H        ST 


RADIO  FILM  CRITICS 

MONOGRAM'S 


Rio  Grande 


Frank  melodrama  based  on  the  Mexi- 
can border  legend  of  a  rough -riding 
Robin  Hood  of  the  last  century.  Its 
tall,  broad,  swashbuckling  hero  is  John 
Carroll  .  .  .  who  resembles  Ronald 
Colman,  has  a  hint  of  Douglas  Fair- 
banks' agility,  and  sings  in  a  rich  'con- 
cert baritone. 


1cj{%  (Good  to  Excellent) 
They've  got  something  here.  His  name 
is  John  Carroll.  He  is  tall,  dark,  hand- 
some, young  and  the  happy  possessor 
of  one  of  those  at-last-we-are-alone- 
darling  voices.  Considering  the  pulling 
power  of  Messrs.  Eddy,  Crosby,  and 
Pbwell  when  they  begin  giving  out  their 
dulcet  tones,  we  feel  this  newcomer  can 
walk  right  into  the  boys'  club. 


U*. 


Recommended  Preview:  Here  is  a 
picture  in  the  current  vogue  for 
action  films... Chief  interest  lies  in  the 
two  co-stars,  John  Carroll  and 
Movita.  Carroll,  tall,  dark  'n'  hand- 
some, with  a  beautiful  baritone  voice, 
shows  promise  of  being  another 
reason  why  girls  leave  home. 


If  I  could  see  movies  as  good  as  this 
one,  once  or  twice  a  week — I'd  be  a 
picture  fan  year  in  and  year  out . . . 
The  picture  has  some  delightful  songs 
— but  it's  not  a  musical  comedy.  For 
the  entire  family,  I  promise  a  pleasant 
hour  in — "Rose  of  the  Rio  Grande." 


Lively,  Robin  Hoodish  ro 
<"antic  adventure  $£" 
Reminiscent  of/p^nt-day 

sYSt but  with  c°«- 

siderably  more  color 
^gor,  and  historic  intees' 
The  lovely  Movita  and  the 
swashbuckling  John    Caf- 

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You'll  catch  this  someplace  and  you'll  like  it. 
Movita  is  really  lovely,  and  John  Carroll  is 
excellent  as  the  hero  in  a  story  concerning  the 
brigandage  in  Mexico  one  hundred  years  ago. 


Brisk  in  its  dramatic  inventions,  colorful  with  the 
swashbuckling  heroics  of  romantic  melodrama, 
here  is  enjoyable  entertainment  for  the  wholefam- 
ily.  John  Carroll  is  splendid  as  the  singing  hero, 
and  Movita   is  a   most  pleasing  Mexican  belle. 


Colorful  settings,  a  likeable  cast  and  pleas- 
anttuneshighlight"Roseofthe  Rio  Grande" 
.  .  .  plenty  of  swashbuckling  action. 


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RADIE  HARRIS 


Has  excitement  and  charm,  beautifully  set... more 
elaborately  mounted  than  the  usual  melodrama 
of  its  kind. 


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international  in  Scope 
ndependent    in    Thought 


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The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now  Twenty   Years  Old 


k  74,  NO.  12 


NEW  YORK,  FRIDAY,  JULY  15,  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


vlefro  Takes  Four  Out  of  Five  Firsts  in  Ampa  Awards 

TEP  UP  ADVERTISING.  HAYS  URGES  PIXJNDUSTRY 

-IEC  May  Call  Upon  Justice  Dept.  for  Film  Probe  File 


)mmittee 
Action 


Will     Decide 
is     Necessary, 


if 


Says  Henderson 

By  GEORGE  W.  MEHRTENS 

shington    Bureau    of    THE   FILM  'DAILY 

Washington — The  National  Eco- 
mic  Committee,  if  it  deems  such 
arse    necessary,    will    avail    itself 

the  industry  anti-trust  data  re- 
itly  assembled  by  the  Department 

Justice  and  now  awaiting  scru- 
y  by  the  Attorney  General,  it 
is  disclosed  here  yesterday  by 
on  Henderson,  the  NEC's  gen- 
ii secretary. 

Industry  observers  here  yesterday 
•re  endeavoring  to  evaluate  the 
rnificance,  if  any,  of  two  appoint- 

nts   as   aides   made   by   the   joint 

(Continued  on   Page   3) 


III.  Allied  to  Name  Saperstein  Successor 

Chicago — Successor  to  the  late  Aaron  A.  Saperstein  as  president  of  Allied  Theaters 
of  Illinois  is  expected  to  be  named  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  next  Tuesday. 
Van    Nomikos,   vice-prexy,    is   functioning   in    the   meanwhile. 


IS,  INDUSTRY  WILL 
MARK  SILVER  JUBILEE 


Milwaukee,  Wis. — Wisconsin  will 
serve  a  silver  industry  jubilee 
ig.  30-31  at  the  Hotel  Schroeder 
re  in  honor  of  Charles  W.  Trampe, 
Dneer  exchangeman  and  exhibitor, 
well  as  all  other  state  exhibitors, 
changemen  and  projectionists  who 

(Continued  on  Page  9) 


layer  Explains,  Bonus  Origin 
At  Stockholders  Hearing 

:st    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood  —  At  the  deposition 
•aring  yesterday  in  the  suit 
ought  by  eleven  stockholders'  of 
Jew's,  Inc.,  seeking  to  have  con- 
acts  of  12  executives  abrogated, 
>uis  B.  Mayer,  the  second  witness, 

(Continued  on  Page  10) 


Rifkin  With  Goldwyn 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Robert  Rifkin  is  leaving 
Columbia  to  join  Samuel  Goldwyn  as 
writer,  producer  and  general  production 
executive. 


See  Slight  Chance  of  III.  Statute  to 
End    Theater  Sale  of  Merchandise 


Chicago  —  There's   slight  chance  I 
that  legislation  designed  to  halt  the  I 
sale  of  merchandise  in  Illinois  the- 
aters  will   materialize,   despite   cur- 
rent reports   of   store  agitation   for 
the  passage  of  such  a  statute,  it  is  I 
learned   on   excellent  authority. 

While   a   majority   of   the   houses  i 
sell    candy   bars   either   by   machine 
or  counter  and  some  of  the  smaller 
spots  in  the  towns  and  villages  have 
popcorn     machines,     refreshment 


booths,  etc.,  very  few  go  beyond  this 
point.  Most  Illinois  managers  pre- 
fer to  stick  to  the  show  business  and 
with  the  return  of  normal  business 
conditions  it  is  felt  that  the  side- 
lines largely  will  fade  out  except 
for  the  small  candy  and  popcorn 
stands. 

Balaban  &  Katz,  which  for  many 
years  would  not  allow  any  kind  of 
stand    in    its   theaters,   now   have   a 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


Study  Co-ordination  of  Gov't  Pix,  Radio  Activity 


Washington  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Washington  —  Co-ordination  of 
Government  motion  picture  and  ra- 
dio production  is  expected  to  result 
from  the  study  of  the  two  fields  un- 
dertaken by  the  National  Emergency 
Council  at  the  suggestion  of  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt,  it  is  learned  here. 

Lowell    Mellett,    Council    director 
told  The  Film  Daily  yesterday  that, 


through  co-ordination,  "it  is  reason- 
able to  suppose  that  much  duplica- 
tion in  service  in  both  Government 
films  and  radio  will  be  eliminated, 
resulting  in  a  considerable  saving 
in  expense". 

The  NEC  director  admitted  that 
previously  there  has  been  a  "good 
deal  of  waste"  in   Government  pic- 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


Four  Firsts  to  Metro  and  One  to  UA 
As  Ampa  Bestows  Its  Awards  for  '38 


Mono.  Board  to  Discuss 

Increases  in   Budgets 

Increased  budgets  on  several 
Monogram  pictures  will  be  discussed 
next  week  when  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors holds  a  meeting  in  New  York. 
Scott  R.  Dunlap,  head  of  production, 
will  be  on  hand  for  the  sessions. 

Under   present   plans,    Monogram 

(Continued  on  Page  3) 


Metro,  via  Howard  Dietz,  walked 
away  with  four  out  of  five  firsts  at 
the  third  annual  presentation  of 
Ampa  awards  at  the  advertising  or- 
ganization's 1938  Awards  luncheon 
staged  in  the  Waldorf-Astoria's 
Sert  Room  yesterday.  Exception 
went  to  United  Artists,  via  Monroe 
Greenthal. 

As  announced  by  President  Ralph 
(Continued  on  Page  9) 


"Great     New    Campaign" 

Needed,    MPPDA   Prexy 

Tells  Ampa  Audience 

"A  great  new  campaign  of  inten- 
sive advertising"  by  the  film  indus- 
try was  recommended  by  Will  H. 
Hays,  presi- 
d  e  n  t  of 
MPPDA, 
speaking  be- 
f  o  r  e  the 
Ampa  at  its 
Awards  lun- 
cheon in  the 
Sert  Room 
of  the  Wal- 
dorf -Astoria 
yesterday. 

Gene  ral 
Hays,  who 
arrived  from 
H  o  1  lywood 
on  Wednes- 
day, urged  the  assembled  trade  pub- 
licists  and   advertisers  to  carry  his 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


WILL   H.   HAYS 


SAG  CHICAGO  DRIVE 
NEARS  COMPLETION 


Organization  drive  by  the  Screen 
Actors  Guild  in  Chicago  is  expected 
to  be  completed  shortly,  Mrs.  Flor- 
ence Marston,  eastern  head  of  SAG, 

(Continued  on  Page   3) 


G-B  School  Plx  Deal  May 
be  Closed  in  Two  Weeks 


"While  no  deal  has  been  definitely 

set  yet,  for  the  distribution  of  our 

educational    shorts    program,    there 

is  one  proposition  that  is  very  fav- 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 


Harvard  Pix  Course 

Boston — Harvard  College  in  September 
will  establish  a  motion  picture  course 
in    the    Graduate    School    of    Design. 

Disclosure  follows  Harvard's  recent 
action  in  conferring  an  honorary  degree 
on    Walt    Disney. 


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113/4  U3/8  H3/4  . 

7%  6%  71/2  +  % 

25/8  25/8  25/g  —  1/s 

251/4  245/a  245/8  —  3/4 

391/g  391/s  391/8  — "% 

71/4  63/4  7  +  i/s 


NEW   YORK    BOND    MARKET 
Keith     A-0     6s46   .  .   90         90        90+4 

Loew   6s41  ww    

Para.     B'way    3s55 

Para.    Picts.    6s55 

Para.  Picts.  cv.  3i/4s47    82         82         82       —     3/4 

RKO    6s41     70        695/g     70         

Warner's  6s39    80         79         79       —  1 

NEW   YORK  CURB  MARKET 

Grand    National     ....  %  %  %      

Monogram    Picts.    . .  .  2%  2%  2%      

Sonotone    Corp 1 3/4  1  %  1  %  +      '/8 

Technicolor     22%  22%  22%      

Trans-Lux     2%  2%  2%  —     % 

Universal    Picts 45/8  45/8  45/8  +     ifc 

N.   Y.    OVER-THE-COUNTER   STOCK    MARKET 

Bid      Asked 


Tathe     Film     7     pfd 

Fox    Thea.    Bldg.    6%s    1st    '36 
Loew's    Thea.    Bldg.    6s    1st    '47 
Met.    Playhouse,    Inc.    5s    '43.. 
Roxy  Thea.   Bldg.   6V4s   1st  '43 


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"LLOYDS  FOR  SECURITY" 

Spreialistt    for    2  J    yeart    in   the   ttorage 
of  valuable  film. 

LLOYDS  FILM  STORAGE  CORP. 

729  Seventh  Ave.  New  York  City 

Telephone   BP.yant   9-5600 


Fragile  Glass  Prism  Said 

to  Give  Third  Dimension 


West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood- — By  means  of  a  fragile 
glass  prism  placed  in  a  standard 
camera,  third  dimension  pictures 
were  claimed  yesterday  by  Joseph 
Valentine,    Universal   cameraman. 

Valentine  has  designed  a  prism 
1/100  of  an  inch  thick  and  slightly 
less  than  an  inch  in  length  and 
width  and  was  made  of  two  pieces 
of  glass  fitted  together  at  an  angle 
of  45  degrees.  Placed  in  the  cam- 
era between  the  lens  and  the  aper- 
ture, an  image  becomes  two  when 
it  passes  through  the  prism.  A  beam 
splitted  then  combines  the  two 
images   into   one. 


Chi.  Exhibs.  Ask  Engineers 
Union  for  Salary  Reduction 

Chicago — Theater  owners  here  are 
holding  sessions  with  the  engineers' 
union  in  an  effort  to  induce  the  lat- 
ter to  agree  to  a  salary  cut  during 
the  summer.  Stagehands  also  have 
a  request  for  pay  slashes  under  con- 
sideration with  another  meeting  on 
the  subject  scheduled  for  today. 
Musicians  to  date  have  refused  to 
grant    a    wage    reduction. 


Columbia  to  Pay  683/4  Cent 
Dividend  on  Its  Preferred 


Columbia  yesterday  announced 
that  the  Board  of  Directors  at  its 
meeting  held  July  13,  declared  a 
quarterly  dividend  of  $.68%  per 
share  on  the  $2.75  Convertible  Pre- 
ferred Stock  of  the  Company,  pay- 
able Aug.  15,  to  stockholders  of 
record    Aug.    1. 


Zenith  Radio  Corp.  Granted 
Tele  Station  Permit  in  Chi 


Washington    Bureau   of    THE   FILM  'DAILY 

Washington  —  Zenith  Radio  Corp. 
yesterday  was  granted  a  permit  by 
the  FCC  to  bulid  a  television  broad- 
casting station  in  Chicago.  Station 
is  to  operate  on  frequencies  of  42,- 
000  to  56,000  and  6,000  to  8,600 
kilocycles  with  power  of  one  kilo- 
watt on  unlimited  time. 


W.  Va.  Theater  Managers 
Unit  to  Convene  Aug.  22 

Pittsburgh  —  The  West  Virginia 
Theater  Managers'  Association  will 
hold  its  annual  convention  at  the 
Greenbriar  Hotel,  White  Sulphur 
Springs,  W.  Va.,  Monday  and  Tues- 
day, Aug.  22  and  23. 


Mme.  Polly  Dead 

Mme.  Polly,  in  private  life  Mrs. 
Pauli  Newgold,  65,  theatrical  hair- 
dresser widely  known  in  screen  and 
stage  circles,  is  dead  here  of  a  heart 
attack. 

Surviving  are  her  husband,  Morris 
Newgold;  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Fran- 
ces Green  and  Mrs.  Anna  Mandel, 
and  three  grandchildren,  all  of 
Brooklyn. 


Mo.  Commonwealth  Circuit 
Signs  for  Warners'  Lineup 

Twenty-four  theaters  of  the  Com- 
monwealth Circuit  in  Missouri  will 
play  the  entire  Warner  lineup,  in- 
cluding Vitaphone  shorts  and  trail- 
ers in  1938-39,  according  to  a  deal 
just  set  between  the  companies, 
Gradwell  L.  Sears,  Warners  gener- 
al sales  manager,  announces.  The 
deal  set  by  Clarence  Schultz  for  the 
circuit  and  by  Ben  Kalmenson, 
Western  and  Southern  sales  manag- 
er for  Warners,  involves  22  houses 
in  Kansas  City  and  two  theaters  in 
St.  Louis. 


New  Orleans  Admission  Tax 
Adopted;  Two  p.c.  on  Films 

New  Orleans  —  An  ordinance  to 
tax  all  adult  admissions  regard- 
less of  the  amount  involved  was 
passed  yesterday  by  the  commis- 
sion council.  It  calls  for  a  2  p.c. 
levy  on  motion  picture  theater  tick- 
ets and  5  p.c.  on  legit,  plays,  con- 
certs and  athletic  games.  In  the 
past,  tickets  under  15  cents  were 
not    taxed. 


M.  G.  Thalhimer's  Mother 
Dies  In  Richmond  Home 


Richmond,  Va.  —  Mrs.  Pauline 
Thalhimer,  mother  of  Morton  G. 
Thalhimer,  president  of  Neighbor- 
hood Theaters,  died  after  an  illness 
ow  two  weeks  at  her  home.  At  the 
time  of  her  death  she  was  a  vice- 
president  of  Sheltering  Arms  Hos- 
pital and  an  active  worker  on  the 
board  of  the  Virginia  Commission  for 
the  Blind,  and  on  that  of  the  Salva- 
tion   Army    Home   for    Girls. 


3  Houses  Added  to  Blank's 
Tri-States  Theater  Group 

Oskaloosa,  la. — Mahaska,  Rivold 
and  Princess  Theaters  here  have 
been  added  to  the  Tri-States  The- 
ater group,  headed  by  A.  H.  Blank. 


RKO  Reorg.  Plan  Hearing 
Postponed  for  One  Week 

A  hearing  on  the  RKO  reorg.  plan, 
scheduled  for  yesterday  before  Judge 
Bondy,  was  put  over  until  next 
Thursday  afternoon  at  1:30. 


Detroit  CFL  Expanding 

Detroit — Cosmopolitan  Film  Labo- 
ratories, devoted  primarily  to  the 
educational  film  field,  is  expanding 
activities,  adding  a  complete  line  of 
motion  picture  cameras  and  acces- 
sories. Edward  Knop,  manager, 
plans  to  have  expansion  program 
completed  by  opening  of  the  season 
about  Sept.  1. 


Mrs.    Mary   Sickinger   Dies 

Richmond,  Va. — Mrs.  Mary  Jane 
Sickinger,  wife  of  Kenneth  Sick- 
inger, maintenance  engineer  at  the 
National  Theater  died  at  a  local 
hospital.  Beside  her  husband,  she 
is  survived  by  a  son,  Kenneth  Jr. 


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comma  arm  Gome 


WILL  H.  HAYS,  film  industry  administrate 
who  arrived  in  New  York  on  Wednesday  fror 
the  Coast,  is  stopping  at  the  Waldorf-Aston 
and    will    return    shortly    to    Hollywood. 

MAURICE  SILVERSTONE,  chairman  of  UA  ex 
ecutive  committee,  and  Charles  Schwartz(  Hi 
sel  for  Charles  Chaplin,  left  New  York  ,  .er 
day  on  the  Century  for  Chicago,  en  rout 
to    Hollywood. 

VICTOR  COCKLE,  export  manager  of  CB  Edu 
cational  Films,  Baird  Television  and  Britis 
Acoustic  Films,  left  New  York  yesterday  fc 
Montreal  and  may  sail  from  that  city  for  Lon 
don. 

JOE   WALSH,    director;    HARRY   SMITH,   cam' 
eraman;    CLARENCE     ELLIS,    sound     technician 
DICK    HERTEL,    assistant    cameraman,    and    th 
six    TURNESA    brothers,    golf    stars,     return 
New    York    today    on    the    Monarch    of    Bermud  j 
following     the     filming     in     Bermuda     of    a     ne 
Sportscope   for  RKO-Pathe. 

THOMAS  ORCHARD,  associate  producer  oj 
"The  March  of  Time,"  leaves  New  York  toda  ' 
on  the  Santa  Rosa  for  a  Caribbean,  Sout  : 
and    Central    American    cruise. 

CHARLIE   ADLER   and   GEORGE    KELLY,    mem  j 
bers    of    the    Yacht   Club    Boys   are   en    route    t 
New    York    from    the    Coast    via    automobile    fo , 
a    vacation. 

LOUIS   HYMAN,    in   charge   of   distribution   fo  j 
Principal    Pictures,    has    entrained    in    Hollywooi 
for   New   York. 

EDDIE     RUBY,     of     Ruby     Camera     Exchange  i 
leaves    New    York    today    for    Denver   and,    later|( 
Hollywood    for    a    two    weeks'    stay. 

RED  SILVERSTEIN,  Metro's  manager  in  Co 
lombia,    is    in    New    York. 


;  It 


Para.  Enjoins  Exclusive 

Paramount  has  obtained  an  in 
junction  against  Exclusive  Studio 
of  Chicago,  restraining  the  latte: 
from  continuing  the  production  o% 
16  mm.  versions  of  Popeye  anc 
Betty  Boop  cartoons.  The  order  is 
effective  on  cartoons  produced  aftei1"' 
Dec.  31,  1937.  Paramount  chargec 
that  Exclusive  violated  its  contract. 


E 


Otis  Kyger's  Father  Dead 

Richmond,  Va. — George  D.  Kyger 
father    of    Otis    Kyger,   relief   man- 
ager   for    Wilmer    &    Vincent    the-'-: 
aters,  died  at  his  home  after  a  short  i 
illness. 


You'll  get  your  job 
when  you  want  it  .  . 
as  you  want  it.  Our 
facilities  make  service 
a  matter  of  routine. 


PHOTO  ENGRAVING  CORP. 

250  WEST  54th  STREET.  NEW  YORK 

Telephone COIumbuj  5-6741 


I 


■day,  July  15,  1938 


DAILY 


EC  MAY  ASK  JUSTICE 
DEPT.  FOR  PROBE  FILE 


|  (Continued  from  Page   1) 

a sessional-Executive  monopoly 
ivestigating  body. 
Two  Justice  Deparment  officials 
miliar  with  film  industry  matters 
\have  important  functions  on 
i  working  of  the  committee  dur- 
g  coming  months.  They  are  Wen- 
•11  Berge,  who  was  appointed  al- 
rnate  on  the  committee  for  Assis- 
nt  Attorney  General  Thruman  Ar- 
)ld.  chief  of  the  Justice  Depart- 
ent's  anti-trust  division,  and  the 
partment's  committee  member, 
id  John  Abt,  who  was  named  chief 
distant  for  the  Justice  Department 
the  committee's  work. 

1  Both  are  wholly  familiar  with  mo- 
rn picture  industry  complaints  and 

I  oblems  pending  before  the  Justice 
epartment. 
"We  have  not  really  got  under  way 

•  ith  the  procedure  yet",  Henderson 
Id   The  Film   Daily,   "but  I   am 

'rtain  it  will  take  from  four  to  six 
?eks  before  we  have  sufficient  data 
j  lay  the  ground  work  for  whatever 

*  vestigations  must  be  made." 


iono.  Board  to  Discuss 

Increases  in  Budgets 

(.Continued  from  Page   1) 

ill  boost  costs  on  pictures  which 
ie  company  believes  warrant  the 
crease.  At  least  three  of  the  fea- 
'  res  planned  for  the  new  season 
ill  be  given  added  production  ex- 
mses. 


irst  Roach  UA  Feature 

Set  to  Play  Music  Hall 

Hal     Roach's     first     picture     for 
nited     Artists,    "There     Goes     My 
ieart,"  will  have  its  New  York  pre- 
miere at  the  Radio  City  Music  Hall, 
cture  will   open  early  in   October, 
llowing  the    showing   of   Alexand- 
■  Korda's  "Drums."     Deal  has  just 
.•en  set  by  Andy  W.  Smith,  general 
iles    manager,    with    W.    G.    Van 
?hmus,    managing   director    of    the 
usic    Hall. 

"There  Goes  My  Heart"  is  a  com- 
ly  co-starring  Fredric  March  ancl 
irginia  Bruce. 


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Best  wishes   from   THE   FILM   DAILY  to 

the      following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY   15 

Raymond    Hackett 

Sam   Schneider 


•  •      •     IT'S    A    natural meaning    the    tie-in effected    by 

RKO    Theaters in   the    metropolitan    area for   the    exploitation 

of  "Having  a  Wonderful  Time" tie-in   capitalizes upon 

the   summer  resort  background of  the  pix and  calls  for  free 

vacations for  75   contest   winners at   the   Pine   Brook  Country 

Club at  Nichols.   Conn Winners   will   be    determined by 

the  Judging  of original  vacation  messages of  not  more  than 

20   words and  written  on special  post  cards dis- 
tributed  by    RKO    houses in    Manhattan Bronx 

Brooklyn Queens Long    Island and    Westchester.  .  .  .the 

stunt  has  more  than the  element  of  timeliness it  adroitly  mani- 
fests   the    spirit of   the   film 

▼  T  T 

•  •      •     THE    DOORS    of    the    Astor    Theater housing 

Metro's    Marie    Antoinette    Museum ujere    thrown    open    to 

the  public at  11   a.m.  yesterday a  long  line eager 

to  see  this  splendid   collection of  antiques   and   props 

used  during  shooting of  the  roadshow  production. ..  .started 

to  form as  early   as   10   o'clock first  to   walk  past  the 

giant  gendarme was   a  young   lady Miss   Betty   Jaeger 

of  Manhattan followed  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  Bassin 

who  came  all  the  way  from  Wellington New  Zealand, 

no  foolin' leading  the  native  out-of-towners was 

a  Washington,  D.  C.  girl Miss  May  Forbes spending  her 

vacation    here by    actual    count 338    fans marched 

through during    the    first    hour a    remarkable    number 

considering  that  only  about  a  hundred were  permitted 

at  one  time. ..  .and  that  all were  eager  to  stay 

on  and  on by  four  in  the  afternoon the  clock  showed 

2,050    fans had    admired    the    costumes furniture 

paintings and   accessories at   that   rate close 

to     6,000     people were     expected     yesterday multiply 

that  by  a  month and  you  have plenty  of potential 

advertisers of  "Marie  Antoinette" 

T  T  ▼ 

•  •      •     WHEN  A  publicity  department messenger  calls 

these    days you    never    know what    to    expect f'r    in- 
stance   yesterday it    was    an    orchid dispatched    by   UA 

as   a   reminder that   Walter   Wanger's "Algiers" 

was  at  the Radio  City  Music  Hall total  of  3.000 Orchids 

of  Algiers.  . .  .were   distributed to  fashionable  fillies at   smart 

rendezvous yesterday speaking    of    "Algiers" that    "A 

Night  in  Algiers" at  the  Club  Versailles next  Monday 

will    have    a    program arranged    by    none    other than    Leon 

Leonidoff it's    being    sponsored    by the    New    York    Exchange 

for  Woman's  Work to  aid  Its Vation  House  Fund 

T  T  T 

•  •     •     IF  THE  films  adapt  the  stage why  not  reverse 

the  process and  see  what  would  happen it's  a  question 

we  occasionally have  asked  our  self . . .  .and  now  comes 

the   answer from   St.   Louis where   the   famed   outdoor 

Municipal    Opera is    presenting    "Lost    Waltz" 

which  happens  to  be none  other  than an  operetta  ver- 
sion  of  "Two  Hearts  in   Waltz  Time" to  say   that  the 

St.  Louis .critics  like  it is  to  phrase  it  mildly the 

reviews  read  like those  thoughtfully  written in  home 

office   publicity   departments for   film   press   books the 

premiere  drew  9,300 right 9,300 and  the  show.... 

received  an  ovation 


SAG  CHICAGO  DRIVE 
NEARS  COMPLETION 


(.Continued  from  Page    1) 

told  The  Film  Daily  yesterday  up- 
on her  return  from  that  city. 

It  was  stated  that  all  producers 
there  have  been  served  notice  by 
SAG,  and  copies  of  the  Guild's  basic 
agreement  contracts  are  before  them 
for  signing.  Inking  of  the  contracts 
is  expected  within  the  next  couple 
of  weeks  by  the  SAG  exec,  as  the 
producers  are  said  to  be  favorably 
inclined  towards  the  Guild  drive. 

Mrs.  Marston  reported  that  she 
had  received  complete  co-operation 
from  Actors  Equity,  the  American 
Federation  of  Radio  Artists,  the 
WPA  and  affiliated  organizations. 
No  real  difficulties  are  expected  as 
the  existing  agreements  between 
the  actors'  organizations  would  make 
it  impossible  for  producers  to  hire 
any  talent. 

The  standard  scale  of  pay  in  Chi- 
cago is  said  to  be  considerably  low- 
er than  the  wage  scales  existent 
where  SAG  has  negotiated  contracts. 
The  contract  used  in  Chicago  is 
similar  to  all  other  pacts  negotiated 
by  the  Guild,  it  was  said. 

The  Guild  exec,  spent  one  day  in 
Detroit  after  she  left  Chicago,  meet- 
ing with  two  studios  there  that 
have  not  been  already  contacted. 
Detroit  will  be  100  p.c.  Guild  when 
these  two  contracts  have  been 
signed,  it  was  learned,  with  the 
signed  contracts  expected  to  be 
turned  in  within  the  next  two  weeks. 
Studios  in  Cleveland  will  be  organ- 
ized next,  it  was  said. 

At  the  present  time,  Leo  Curley, 
an  executive  of  Actors  Equity,  is 
acting  as  deputy  for  Mrs.  Marston 
in  Chicago.  Her  plans  to  go  to  the 
Coast  will  be  held  in  abeyance  until 
the  organization  work  in  Chicago 
has  been  completed  and  Cleveland 
and  Detroit  are  also  100  p.c.  organ- 
ized she  said.  She  expects  to  com- 
plete this  work  on  her  way  to  the 
Coast,  but  her  date  for  leaving  New 
York  is  still  indefinite. 

Chicago,  Detroit  and  Cleveland 
will  be  regionally  administered,  with 
administrative  offices  probably  in 
Detroit. 


2C  yEAP/  46C 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  tor  Monday,  July  15, 
1918: 

NEW  YORK— Bigger  deposits  for  specials: 
Universal  officials  would  check  practice  of 
keeping    pictures    from    competitors. 

NEW  YORK— Caruso  films  at  Griffith  prices; 
operatic  star's  two  features  to  be  marketed 
at  the  same  rate  as  D.  W.'s  Artcraft,  says 
Famous    Players-Lasky. 

REVIEW  of  Enid  Bennett  in  Ince-Paramount's 
"The  Vamp":  Play  up  star  and  emphasize 
comedy-romance    with    patriotic    trimmings. 

Yes,  20   Years  is  a  Long   Time  in  Pictures! 


THE 


DAILY 


Friday,  July  15,  19l 


STUDY  GO-ORDINATION 
OF  GOV'T  PIX,  RADIO 


kJ 


{Continued  from  Page   1) 

ture  production.  He  added:  "Our 
desire  is  to  see  if  the  entire  Gov- 
ernment film  operations  cannot  be 
made  more  efficient  and  less  expen- 
sive through  the  operation  of  a  cen- 
tral clearing  house". 

Mellett  told  The  Film  Daily  he 
"hoped  to  have  the  benefit  of  the 
very  exceptional  skill"  of  Pare  Lo- 
renz,  who  wrote  "The  Plow  That 
Broke  the  Plains"  for  former  Re- 
settlement Administrator  Rexford 
Guy  Tugwell,  and  "The  River"  for 
the  Soil  Conservation  Service  of  the 
Agricultural  Department,  on  the 
film  co-ordination  program. 

Mellett  praised  highly  Gvernment 
films  of  the  Lorenz  type,  but  pointed 
out  other  Government  movies  "were 
not  up  to  that  high  standard."  Lo- 
renz is  expected  to  be  "borrowed" 
for  the  NEC  study  of  _  the  Govern- 
ment's  picture   enterprises. 

It  is  learned  that  preliminary  re- 
search already  has  turned  up  a  con- 
siderable amount  of  duplication  and 
some  waste,  especially  in  man-power 
and  equipment.  Several  NEC  offi- 
cials believe  that  the  different  Gov- 
ernment agency  picture  writers, 
staffs  and  equipment  could  be 
"spread  around"  to  effect  "consider- 
able savings  and  increase  efficiency 
in  production." 


G-B  School  Pix  Deal  May 
be  Closed  in  Two  Weeks 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

orable  and  we  may  close  within 
the  next  fortnight",  Victor  Cockle, 
export  manager  for  Gaumont  Brit- 
ish Educational  Films,  told  The 
Film  Daily  last  night  before  he  left 
for  Montreal,  from  where  he  plans 
to   sail   for   England. 

Cockle  has  been  conferring  here 
since  Monday  with  companies  in- 
terested in  handling  the  program 
in  this  country.  He  returned  Mon- 
day morning  from  a  survey  tour  of 
Canada  and  the  Midwest,  on  which 
he  was  accompanied  by  Arthur  A. 
Lee,  vice-president  and  general 
manager   of   Gaumont  British. 

Cockle  stated  that  he  might  re- 
turn here  from  Montreal  before  he 
sails  for  England,  but  it  is  not 
likely  as  he  has  urgent  business  in 
England. 

It  is  learned  that  the  contract  in 
prospect  will  probably  call  for  dis- 
tribution of  the  present  complete 
catalogue  of  250  shorts.  The  com- 
pany  is   producing   50   annually. 


Step  Up  Advertising,  Hays  Urges  Pix 
Industry,  Speaking  at  Ampa  Luncheon 


Series  Up  to  39 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood— RKO  Radio  plans  a  "Stage 
Door"  series,  it  is  disclosed  with  the 
announcement  that  "Stage  Door  Club" 
will  be  a  follow-up  to  the  original 
"Stage    Door." 

This,     with     Warners     "Jane     Arden," 
tilts    the    seasonal    series    projects    to    39. 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

recommendation  to  their  respective 
companies. 

Recovery  of  business  generally, 
the  MPPDA  top  exec,  declared,  was 
keyed  to  advertising,  and  applying 
his  thesis  specifically  to  the  film  in- 
dustry, he  told  his  attentive  audi- 
ence, "The  future  is  in  your  hands". 

Hay's  talk,  in  part,  follows: 

"You  who  direct  motion  picture 
advertising  richly  deserve  the  ap- 
preciation and  congratulations  not 
only  of  the  industry,  but  of  all  who 
are  interested  in  the  improvement 
of  the  screen. 

"It  has  been  said  that  business, 
like  a  wheelbarrow,  does  not  get 
anywhere  unless  it  is  pushed.  Ad- 
vertising is  the  pusher. 

"Much  is  being  done  by  business 
and  by  Government  to  bring  us  out 
of  this  recession.  It  is  necessary. 
But  it  is  all  futile  unless  the  public 
is  told  about  it.  That  is  the  job  of 
advertising.  The  advertising  of 
every  business  must  be  stepped  up. 
I  believe  it  is  the  essential  of  today. 
Advertising  not  only  sells  what  is 
already  produced  but  creates  the  de- 
mand which  results  in  increased  pro- 
duction. 

"I  recommend  that  the  motion  pic- 
ture industry  do  its  part  by  advanc- 
ing and  stepping  up  its  advertising 
campaigns.    We  need  more,  not  less, 


advertising.  Newspaper  advertising 
is  essential  to  this  end. 

"Through  a  sense  of  public  re- 
sponsibility, through  self-discipline 
and  self-regulation,  you  have  made 
motion  picture  advertising  clean, 
interesting  and  efficient." 

Insofar  as  the  film  biz  is  con- 
cerned, those  entrusted  with  direct- 
ing its  advertising  and  publicity 
need  have  no  fear  of  the  quality  of 
future  product,  Hays  assured. 

Introduced  by  Ralph  Rolan,  Ampa 
president,  Hays  first  expressed  the 
industry's  felicitations  to  Mayor  F. 
H.  LaGuardia,  represented  by  Paul 
Moss,  Commissioner  of  Licenses. 

The  MPPDA  prexy  was  preceded 
as  a  speaker  by  Commissioner  Moss, 
who  presented  Mayor  LaGuardia's 
regrets  that  pressure  of  official  du- 
ties prevented  attendance.  Moss, 
asserting  that  95  per  cent  of  the 
amusement  seekers  were  clean- 
minded,  said  that  the  "two  or  three 
theaters"  inclined  to  the  use  of 
salacious  advertising  were  building 
up  prejudice  against  them  rather 
than  attracting  patronage. 

Others  seated  on  the  dais  in  ad- 
dition to  those  mentioned  were: 
Howard  Dietz,  S.  Barret  McCor- 
mick,  Mort  Blumenstock,  Monroe 
Greenthal,  Maurice  Bergman,  Eddie 
McAvoy,  Colvin  Brown,  Red  Kann 
and  Judge  Anthony  Savarese. 


Manager  Who  Sent  Threat   . 
To  Richards  on  Probation 


Mobile,  Ala.  —  Because  he  was 
"just  in  love"  when  he  allegedly 
sent  a  threatening  letter  to  E.  V. 
Richards,  Saenger  exec,  Roye  Mc- 
Leod,  former  manager  of  a  pix 
house,  is  on  probation  for  four  years 
instead  of  under  sentence  to  serve 
a  year  and  a  day  in  Atlanta,  follow- 
ing his  conviction  in  U.  S.  District 
Court  here.  Letter  sent  by  McLeod 
according  to  evidence,  was  written 
when  he  feared  a  cashier  was  to  be 
discharged. 


Meridian  Creditors  Will 

Hold  Meeting  on  Aug.  3 

Edward  J.  McDonough  has  been 
named  receiver  for  Meridian  Pic- 
tures Corp.,  now  undergoing  volun- 
tary dissolution.  Creditors  have 
been  ordered  to  meet  Aug.  3  at  Mc- 
Donough's  office,  51  Chambers  St., 
New  York  City,  to  show  cause  why 
the  company  should  not  be  dissolved. 


It's  an  Alias 

"Marriage  Forbidden,"  the  title 
under  which  "Damaged  Goods"  will 
be  distributed  in  the  Metropolian 
area,  opens  at  the  Criterion  The- 
ater, Broadway,  today  for  an  ex- 
tended run.  Picture  is  being  dis- 
tributed by  Jack  Stats  and  Saul 
Krugman. 


Mono,  to  Handle  Physical 

Distribution  for  Record 


LITTLE  f  ROfn  LOTS 


By  RALPH  WILE 


Monogram  will  handle  the  phy- 
sical distribution  for  the  recently 
formed  Record  Picture  Corp.,  it  was 
announced  yesterday.  Headed  by 
Fred  McConnell,  formerly  Columbia 
short  subject  sales  manager  and  at 
one  time  editor  of  Exhibitors  Daily 
Review,  Record  will  have  four  inde- 
pendently made  pictures  for  release 
this  season,  first  of  which  is  Walter 
Futter's  "Dark  Sands,"  booked  for 
the  Rialto  Theater  on  Broadway  in 
August. 

Herbert  Wilcox's  "The  Gang 
Show,"  another  Record  picture,  is 
now  being  edited  for  Fall  release. 

While  Record  pictures  will  be  dis- 
tributed by  Monogram,  McConnell 
will  handle  the  sale's  personally. 
Benjamin  W.  Solomon  is  secretary 
of  the  company  and  Bruce  Gallup, 
well  known  in  the  advertising  and 
publicity  field,  is  associated  with 
the  company  in  the  same  capacity. 

"Andy  Hardy"  Opens  Big 

In  Two  Coast  Theaters 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Metro's  "Love  Finds 
Andy  Hardy,"  opening  simultane- 
ously at  Loew's  State  and  Grau- 
man's  Chinese,  on  its  first  day  ran 
far  ahead  of  such  pix  as  "Big  City", 
"Bad  Man  of  Brimstone",  "Manne- 
quin", "A  Yank  at  Oxford",  "Mer- 
rily We  Live"  and  "Three  Com- 
rades." 


Bader   Opens   Offices 

David  A.  Bader  has  opened  offic 
this  week  on  the  Strip,  heading  t  [ 
Literary  Corp.  of  America  wil 
Jules  Liberman.  They  will  deal  ej 
clusively  in  story  material  a| 
writers.  Arrangements  are  beil 
consummated  for  connectio^. 
New  York,  London,  Paris  andvi^i 
European  capitals.  It  is  possible  th 
Bader  will  leave  for  New  York  t 
end  of  the  month,  and  from  the! 
go  to  Europe. 

T  T  ▼ 

Yip,      Yip,      Yip!!! 

As  a  novel  plug  for  "Four's 
Crowd,"  newspaper  story  starriiL 
Errol  Flynn,  Warners'  publicisl 
made  up  preview  invitations  in  t| 
form  of  miniature  bellows  whil 
emit  a  noise  similar  to  a  puppjl 
yip.  Angle  was  that  in  the  ffl.{ 
Errol  Flynn  bites  a  dog,  thus  cr, 
ating  news. 

▼  T  T 

Wallis  Assigns  Associates 
Hal  B.  Wallis  has  named  t\l 
Warner  associate  producer  to  hal 
die  two  new  pictures  under  his  pel 
sonal  guidance.  Henry  Blanke  wl 
supervise  "The  Sea  Wolf,"  the  cal 
of  which  will  be  headed  by  PJ 
O'Brien  in  this  version  of  the  Jal 
London  story.  Lou  Edelman  wl 
oversee  "Brother  Orchid,"  basil 
upon  the  Richmond  Connell  Collier]! 
Magazine  story,  with  Edward  ffl 
Robinson  and  Wayne  Morris. 


Little  Chance  of  III.  Law 
To  End  Theater  Mdse.  Said 


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candy  bar  stand  in  the  Chicago  Thl 
ater's  main  lobby,  while  in  the  rel 
rooms  there  are  Coca  Cola  and  cal 
dy  bar  vending  machines. 

In  the  de  luxe  Palace  Theater  J 
the  RKO  circuit,  a  larger  cand 
stand  was  recently  installed  in  I 
main  lobby  to  take  care  of  the  bus 
ness,  while  rest  rooms  have  a  var 
ety  of  vending  machines,  includin 
a  ■  fortune  telling  machine  of  tr. 
Penny  Arcade  type.  Most  of  tl: 
other  circuits  have  candy  vendin 
machines  or  small  counters  to  se 
sweets,  etc. 


Speedway  Tragedy  Preview 

Pathe    News    yesterday    gave 
trade  press  screening  of  the  rece; 
speedway      tragedy      in      Australij 
where    a    racing    car    crashed    intj 
spectators  lining  the  rail.     A  Patl 
cameraman  caught  the  big  scene 
all    its    horror,    as    the    car,    out 
control,  hurtles  into  the  crowd  an) 
tosses  bodies  high  in  the  air.  Thre 
persons   were    killed   and    18    other 
injured. 


Our  Contributions 

Detroit — Shirley  Temple  and  Mickey" 
Mouse  were  rated  tops  among  Amer- 
ica's contributions  to  Finland,  by  Vaino 
Hakkila,  president  of  the  Finnish  Parlia- 
ment,   in   a    statement   here. 


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ero  Richard  Dix  as  the  reckless 
Jjrode  the  clouds  in  glory  .  .  J 
HandsfflnSkster  Morris  as  the  cocky  fly- 
ing  cadet . .  .lovely  Joan  Fontaine  as  the 
girl  whose  love  built  a  wall  of  hate  between  j 
two  comrades  of  the  airways ...  IN  # 
DRAMA  AFLAME  WITH  THE  THRILL  OF 
FLIGHT ,  ...  ALIVE  WITH  THE  BEAT  OF 
HUMAN  HEARTS! . . .  ANOTHER  BIG  SUM- 
MER SHOW  FROM  RKO! 


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JOAN  FONTAIN 

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PAUL  GUILFOYLE 


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Directed  b.y  LEW  LANDERS 
Produced  by  ROBERT  SISK 

Story  and  screen  play  by  Lionel  Houser 


A  Calendar  o%  Tedkuw,  Releases 

An  alphabetical  list  oi  English-speaking  features  released  since  March  25,  1938,  together  with  pictures  scheduled  for  release  during  the  next  few 

^^^     months  and  pictures,  either  in  production  or  completed,  for  which  no   release   dates   have   been   scheduled.    Dates    after   titles   are   distributor    ^^^ 

release  dates:    FD:    indicates  date  of  FILM  DAILY  review.    Names   after  review  dates  are  the  principal  players  in  the  cast.    Complete  casts 

and  production  credits  are  included  with  FILM  DAILY  reviews.    *  Indicates  Technicolor  production. 


The    (Para.) In    Prod. 


Title  Release   Date 

Occidents   Will    Happen    (WB) 4-9-38 

FP-  4-27-38;  Ronald  Reagan,  Gloria  Blondell 

Ad.     .ures  of  Robin   Hood    (WB) 5-5-38 

FD:  4-29-38;  Errol  Flynn,  Olivia  de  Haviland 

Vffairs  of  Annabel    (RKO) In    Prod. 

FD:  7-13-38;  Jack  Oakie,  Lucille  Ball 

.ir    Devils    (U)     5-13-38 

Dick  Pureed,  Larry  Blake,  Beryl  Wallace 

ilexander's   Ragtime   Band    (20th-Fox) 8-19-38 

FD:    5-28-38;    Tyrone    Power,    Alice    Faye,     Don 
Ameche. 

ilgiers   (UA)    In  Prod. 

FD:  6-28-38;  Charles  Boyer,  Sigrid  Gurie 

llways   Goodbye    (20th- Fox) 7-1-38 

FD:  6-27-38;  Barbara  Stanwyck,  Herbert  Marshall 

.mazing   Dr.  Clitterhouse,  The   (WB) 7-30-38 

FD:  6-21-38;   Edward   G.   Robinson,   Claire  Trevor 

krkansas    Traveler, 
Bob  Burns 

Army    Girl    (Rep.) 6-30-38 

Madge  Evans,  Preston  Foster 

Arson  Racket  Squad   (Rep.) 3-28-38 

FD:   4-4-38;    Robert    Livingston,    Rosalind    Keith 

Lrtists   and    Models   Abroad    (Para.) In    Prod. 

Jack  Benny,  Joan  Bennett,  Yacht  Club  Boys 

is  You  Are   (Rep.) In   Prod. 

Ramon  Novarro,  Marian  Marsh,  Eric  Blore 

ttr  20  Justice    (Para.) 6-24-38 

FD:  4-14-38;  William  Boyd,  Gwen  Gaze 

iarefoot  Boy   (Mono.) In   Prod. 

Jackie   Moran 

tattle  of  Broadway,  The   (20th-Fox) 4-22-38 

FD:  4-27-38;  Victor  McLaglen,  Louise  Hovick,  B. 
Donlevy 

«eauty  and  the  Beach   (Para.) In   Prod. 

Charles  Butterworth,   Betty  Grable 

leloved    Brat    (WB) 

FD:  5-5-38;  B.  Granville,  D. 

;|ind  Alibi  (RKO) 5-20-38 

FD:  6-24-38;   Richard   Dix,  Whitney  Bourne 

ilockade  (UA)    In  Prod. 

FD;  6-9-38;Madeleine  Carroll,   Henry  Fonda 

lockheads    (MGM)     In  Prod. 

Stan  Laurel,  Oliver  Hardy 

Hond  Cheat   (RKO) 6-17-38 

Joan  Fontaine,  Derrick  De  Marney 


4-30-38 

Costello,  D.  Crisp 


.6-10-38 


londie   White    (WB) 

Joan  Blondell 

luebeard's    Eighth    Wife    (Para.) 3-25-38 

FD:  3-18-38;  Gary  Cooper,   Claudette   Colbert 

looloo     (Para.)     7-29-38 

Colin  Tapley.  Suratna  Asmara 

order    G-Man    (RKO) In  Prod. 

George  O'Brien,  Vicki  Lester 

oy  Meets   Girl    (WB) 9-3-38 

James  Cagney,    Marie  Wilson 

•oys'  Town    (M-G-M) In    Prod. 

Spencer  Tracy,  Mickey  Rooney 

reaking  the  Ice  (RKO) In  Prod. 

Bobby  Breen,   Dolores  Costello,   Chas.   Ruggles 

roadway    Musketeers    (WB) In  Prod. 

M.  Lindsay,  A.  Sheridan,   M.  Wilson 

ulldog  Drummond  in  Africa  (Para.) 7-29-38 

John  Howard,  Heather  Angel 

y  the  Dawn's  Early  Light   (20th-Fox) ..  .11-25-38 
Alice  Faye,  Warner  Baxter,  C.  Winninger 

all  of  the  Rockies   (Col.) 4-30-38 

Charles  Starrett,    Iris   Meredith 

all  of  the  Yukon  (Rep.) 4-18-38 

FD:  4-16-38;  Richard  Arlen,  Beverly  Roberts 

ampus   Confessions    (Para.) In  Prod. 

Hank   Luisetti,   Betty   Grable,   Eleanore   Whitney 

apital   Punishment    (Rep.)    3-29-38 

Alan    Marshal,    Tala    Birell,    Mady    Correll 

arefree    (RKO)     In  Prod. 

cred  Astaire,  Ginger  Rogers 


Title  Release  Date 

Charlie   Chan    in    Honolulu    (20th-Fox) 11-18-38 

Warner  Oland 

Chaser,   The    (MGM) 7-29-38 

Dennis  O'Keefe,   Florence  Rice 

Citadel,   The    (MGM) In  Prod. 

City  Streets   (Col.) 7-1-38 

Edith  Fellows,  Leo  Carrillo 

Cocoanut   Grove    (Para.) 5-20-38 

FD:  5-18-38;   Fred   MacMurray,   Harriet   Hilliard 

College   Swing    (Para.) 4-29-38 

FD:  4-28-38;  Martha  Raye,  Burns  &  Allen 

Cowboy   from    Brooklyn    (WB) 7-16-38 

FD:  6-14-38;  Dick  Powell,   Priscilla  Lane 

Crime  Over  London  (GB) 7-15-38 

Margot  Grahame,   Paul  Cavanaugh 

Crime   Ring   (RKO) 7-8-38 

Allan  Lane 

Crime   School    (WB) 5-28-38 

FD:     5-11-38;     Humphrey     Bogart,     Gale     Page, 
"Dead  End"  kids 

Crime  Takes  a   Holiday   (Col.) 7-22-38 

FD:  5-9-38;  Jack  Holt,  Marcia  Ralston 

Criminals   of    the   Air    (Col.) 4-30-38 

FD:  11-1-37;  Charles  Quigley,  Rosalind  Keith 

Crowd    Roars,    The    (M-G-M) 8-5-38 

R.  Taylor,  M.  O'Sullivan,  H.  Arnold 

Danger  on  the  Air  (U) 7-1-38 

FD:    6-29-38;    Louis    Hayward,     Nan    Grey,    Jed 
Prouty 

Dark   Rapture    (U) Not  Set 

Denis-Roosevelt  Congo   Picture 

Devil's    Island    (WB) In  Prod. 

Boris  Karloff,  Vera  Lewis 

Desert    Patrol     (Rep.) 6-6-38 

FD;  6-3-38;   Bob  Steele,   Marion  Weldon 

Devil's   Party,  The   (U) 5-20-38 

FD:  6-2-38;  Victor  McLaglen,  Beatrice  Roberts 

•Divorce  of  Lady  X    (UA) 4-15-38 

FD:  1-14-38;   Merle  Oberon,   Laurence   Olivier 

Dr.    Rhythm    (Para.) 5-6-38 

FD:    4-30-38;    Bing    Crosby,    Mary    Carlisle,    B. 
Lillie 

Down   to   Earth    (20th-Fox) 11-4-38 

Jane  Withers,   Robert   Kellard,  Jean   Rogers 

Durango  Valley  Raiders   (Rep.) 7-11-38 

Bob  Steele,  Louise  Stanley 

Extortion    (Col.)     4-25-38 

FD:  5-9-38;  Scott  Colton,  Mary  Russell 

Fast   Company    (M-G-M) 7-8-38 

FD:  6-30-38;  Florence  Rice,  Melvyn  Douglas 

Female    Fugitive    (Mono.) 4-6-38 

FD:  4-15-38;  Evalyn  Venable,  Craig  Reynolds 

Feud     Maker,     The     (Rep.) 4-18-38 

Bob  Steele,    Marion  Weldon 

Fight  for  Peace,  The   (Warwick) 

FD:  4-19-38;  Historical  clips 

Fire   Over  the  Waterfront   (Rep.)    Not  Set 

Jackie    Moran,    Rosalind    Keith 

First   Prize    (Rep.) Not  Set 

A.  Skipworth,   P.  Moran,  Max  Terhune 

Five  of  a   Kind    (20th-Fox) 12-9-38 

Dionne  Quintuplets,  Jean   Hersholt 

Flaming    Frontiers    (U) 7-5-38 

Johnny  Mack  Brown,  Eleanor  Hansen 

Flight    Into    Nowhere    (Col.) 4-18-38 

FD:  5-20-38;  Jack   Holt.  Jacqueline  Wells 
Fools    for    Scandal     (WB) 4-9-38 

FD:  3-29-38;   Fernand  Gravett,   Carole  Lombard 
For   Lovers  Only   (WB) In   Prod. 

Dick  Powell,  Olivia  de  Havilland 
Four   Men  and  a   Prayer    (20th-Fox) 4-29-38 

FD:    4-26-38;    Loretta    Young,    Richard    Greene, 
Reginald  Denny 
Four's  a  Crowd    (WB) 8-20-38 

E.  Flynn-Olivia  derlavilland,   R.   Russell 

Gangs  of   New  York   (Rep.) 5-23-38 

FD:  5-23-38;  Charles  Bickford,  Ann  Dvorak 

Garden  of  the  Moon   (WB)    In  Prod. 

Pat  O'Brien,  Dick  Powell,  Margaret  Lindsay 


Title  Release  Date 

Gateway    (20th-Fox)     8-5-38 

Don   Ameche,   Arleen   Whelan,    Lyle   Talbot 

"Getaway"     (20th-Fox)     In  Prod. 

Don  Ameche,  Arleen  Whelan 

Girl    In    the    Street    (GB) 

FD:   5-27-38;    Anna    Neagle,    Tullio    Carminati 

Girls  on   Probation    (WB) In  Prod. 

Jane    Bryan,    Sheila    Bromley,    Ronald    Reagan 

Give  Me  a  Sailor  (Para.) 8-5-38 

Martha  Raye,  Bob  Hope,  Betty  Grable 

Gladiator,    The    (Col.) In  Prod. 

Joe  E.  Brown,  June  Travis 
Go  Chase  Yourself   (RKO) 4-22-38 

FD:  4-19-38;  Joe  Penner,  Lucille  Ball 

Gold   Diggers  in   Paris   (WB) 6-11-38 

FD:   5-17-38;    Rudy    Vallee,    Rosemary    Lane,    H. 
Herbert 

Gold   Mine  in  the  Sky   (Rep.) In  Prod. 

FD:  7-5-38;   Gene  Autry,   Carol    Hughes 

Goodbye,     Broadway     (U)      4-1-38 

FD:  5-17-38;  Alice  Brady,  Charles  Winninger 

Graustark     (UA-G)     In  Prod. 

Gary  Cooper,   Merle  Oberon,  Sigrid  Gurie 

Great  Waltz,   The    (M-G-M) In   Prod. 

Luise    Rainer,    Fernand   Gravet 

Gunga    Din    (RKO) In    Prod. 

C.   Grant,    D.    Fairbanks,   Jr.,   V.    McLaglen,   Sabu 

Gun    Law    (RKO) 5-13-38 

FD:  6-28-38;  George  O'Brien,   Rita  Oehmen 

Gunsmoke   Trail    (Mono.) 5-8-38 

Jack    Randall,    Louise   Stanley 

Gypsy    (20th-Fox)    5-20-38 

Jane    Withers 

Handle    With    Care    (20th-Fox) In    Prod. 

Having  Wonderful   Time   (RKO) To  Be  Set 

FD:  6-30-38;   Ginger    Rogers,    Douglas   Fairbanks, 
Jr. 

Head  Over   Heels   (WB) In  Prod. 

Dick  Powell,  Olivia  de  Havilland 

He    Loved   an   Actress    (GN) 3-25-38 

FD:    4-11-38;    Lupe    Velez,    Wallace    Ford,    Ben 
Lyon 

Heart    of    Arizona    (Para.) 4-22-38 

FD:  4-13-38;  William  Boyd,  Natalie  Moorheat" 

Held    for    Ransom    (GN) 6-7-38 

Blanche  Mehaffey,  Grant  Withers,  Jack  Mulhall 

♦Her  Jungle   Love    (Para.)    4-15-38 

FD:  3-22-38;   Dorothy   Lamour,    Ray   Milland 

Hideout  in  the  Alps   (GN) 

FD:  4-26-38;  Jane  Baxter,  Anthony  Bushell 

High    Command     (GN) 7-15-38 

Lionel  A  twill .  Lucy  Mannheim 

Highway   Patrol    (Col.) 6-24-38 

Robert  Paige,  Jacqueline  Wells 

Hold    That    Co-ed    (20th-Fox) 9-16-38 

John       Barrymore,       George       Murphy,       Marjorie 
Weaver 

Hold   That    Kiss    (MGM) 5-13-38 

FD:  5-12-38;  Dennis  O'Keefe,  Maureen  O'Sullivan 

Holiday    (Col.)     6-17-38 

FD:  5-20-38;   Katharine   Hepburn,   Cary  Grant 

Honolulu    (M-G-M)    In    Prod. 

Eleanor  Powell,  Allan  Jones 

Hunted    Men    (Para.) 5-27-38 

FD:  5-14-38;  Lloyd  Nolan,  Mary  Carlisle 

If  I  Were  King  (Para.) In  Prod. 

Ronald  Colman,  Basil  Rathbone,  Frances  Dee 

I   Married  a  Spy  (GN) 7-1-38 

FD:  7-11-38;  Neil  Hamilton,  Bridgitte  Homey 

I'll  Give  a  Million   (20th-Fox) 7-22-38 

Warner  Baxter,   Marjorie  Weaver,  Peter  Lorre 
I'm  from  the  City  (RKO) 7-22-38 

Joe  Penner,  Lorraine  Krueger 
In    Old    Chicago    (20th-Fox) 4-15-38 

FD:  1-4-38;  Tyrone  Power,  Alice  Faye 
International     Crime     (GN) 4-22-38 

FD:  4-20-38;  Rod  LaRocque,  Astrid  Allwyn 
Invisible    Enemy    (Rep.) 4-4-38 

FD:  4-11-38;  Alan  Marshall,  Tala  Birell 


Title  Releasi  Date 

Invitation  to  the  Waltz   (J.   H.   Hoffberg) 

FD:  7-9-38;  Lillian  Harvey,  Carl  Esmond 

Island    in    the    Sky    (20th-Fox) 4-1-38 

FD:  5-9-38;  Gloria  Stuart,  Michael  Whalen 

It  Couldn't   Happen  Again   (RKO) In   Prod. 

Victor   Moore,   A.   Lane 

Jesse  James    (20th-Fox) 12-23-38 

Tyrone   Power,   Henry   Fonda,  Walter   Brennan 

Jezebel      (WB)      3-26-38 

FD:  3-11-38;  Bette  Davis,  H.  Fonda,  G.  Brent 

Jones  Family  in  a  Trip  to  Paris  (20th-Fox) .  .5-6-38 
FD:  6-15-38;  Jed   Prouty,  Shirley   Deane 

Jones  Family  in  Safety  in  Numbers  (20th-Fox) 

9-9-38 
Jed   Prouty,  Shirley  Deane,  Spring   Byington 

Josette    (20th-Fox)     6-3-38 

FD:  6-11-38;  Simone  Simon,  Don  Ameche 

Joy   of    Living    (RKO) 5-6-38 

FD:  3-22-38;  Irene  Dunne,  Douglas  Fairbanks,  Jr. 

Judge    Hardy's   Children    (M-G-M) 3-25-38 

FD:  4-4-38;  Lewis  Stone,  Cecilia  Parker,  Mickey 
Rooney 

Just  Around   the  Corner   (20th-Fox) 11-11-38 

Shirley  Temple,   Charles  Farrell,   Bill   Robinson 

Kentucky   Moonshine    (20th-Fox) 5-13-38 

FD:  5-3-38;  Tony   Martin,    Ritz   Bros.,    Marjorie 
Weaver 

Keep    Smiling    (20th-Fox) 8-12-38 

Jane   Withers,    H.   Wilcoxon,   G.  Stuart 
FD:  6-13-38 

Kidnapped    (20th-Fox)    5-27-38 

FD:   5-28-38;   W.    Baxter,    Freddie    Bartholomew, 
Arleen  Whelan 

Ladies    in    Distress    (Rep.) 6-13-38 

Alison  Skipworth,  Polly  Moran,  Bob  Livingston 

Lady  and   the   Cowboy   (UA-G) In  Prod. 

Gary  Cooper,  Merle  Oberon 

Lady  in  the  Morgue   (U)    4-22-38 

FD:  5-12-38;  Preston  Foster,  Patricia  Ellis 

Land  of  Fighting  Men   (Mono.)    3-30-38 

Jack   Randall,   Louise  Stanley 

Last    Stand    (U)     4-1-38 

FD:  6-3-38;  Bob  Baker,  Connie  Moore 

Law  of  the  Plains  (Col.) 5-12-38 

Charles  Starrett,    Iris   Meredith 

Law  of  the  Underworld   (RKO) 5-6-38 

FD:  4-30-38;  Chester  Morris,  Anne  Shirley 

Letter  of   Introduction   (U) 7-29-38 

Adolphe  Menjou,  E.  Bergen,  Andrea  Leeds 

Let's   Make  a   Night  of   It    (U) 3-25-38 

Buddy  Rogers,  June  Clyde 

Listen,   Darling   (MGM) In  Prod. 

Freddie    Bartholomew,    Judy   Garland,    Mary   Astor 

Little   Lady    (U) In    Prod. 

Helen  Greco 

Little   Miss    Broadway    (20th-Fox) 7-29-38 

FD:   7-9-38;   Shirley   Temple,    Geo.    Murphy,    Bill 
Robinson 

Little    Miss   Roughneck    (Col.) To  Be  Set 

FD:  7-1-38;  Edith  Fellows,  Leo  Carrillo 

Little   Miss  Thoroughbred    (WB) ...6-4-38 

FD:  6-15-38;  Janet  Chapman,  Ann  Sheridan,  John 
Litel 

Little   Tough   Guy    (U) 7-22-38 

FD:  7-11-38;   "Dead   End"    Kids,    Helen   Parrish, 
Robert  Wilcox 

Look    Out,    Mr.    Moto    (20th-Fox) 3-25-38 

Peter    Lorre,     Rochelle     Hudson 

Lord    Jeff    (M-G-M) 6-24-38 

FD:     6-23-38;      Freddie      Bartholomew,      Mickey 
Rooney 

Love    Bites    Man    (M-G-M)     In    Prod. 

Dennis   O'Keefe,    Florence    Rice 

Love   Finds  Andy  Hardy   (M-G-M 7-22-38 

FD:   7-13-38;  Mickey  Rooney,   Lewis  Stone,  Judy 
Garland 

Main   Event,   The    (Col.). 5-5-38 

FD:  6-22-38;   Robert   Paige,   Jacqueline   Wells 
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Title  Release  Date 

Man  with  100   Faces   (GB) 9-15-38 

Tom  Walls,  Lilli  Palmer 

Man's  Country   (Mono.) In   Prod. 

Jack  Randall,  Marjorie  Reynolds 

Marie   Antoinette    (M-G-M)    In  Prod. 

FD:  7-13-38;    N.   Shearer,    R.    Morley,    J.    Barry- 
more,   M.   Douglas 

Marines  Are   Here,  The   (Mono.) 6-8-38 

FD:  7-5-38;  June  Travis,   Gordon  Oliver 

Meet   the   Girls    (20th-Fox) 10-7-38 

June   Lang,   Lynn   Bari,   Erik   Rhodes 

Meet  the   Missus   (M-G-M) In   Prod. 

Stan  Laurel,  Oliver  Hardy 

Men  Are  Such   Fools   (WB) 7-2-38 

FD:  6-13-38;  Wayne   Morris,   Priscilla   Lane 

♦Men  With  Wings  (Para.)    In  Prod. 

F.    MacMurray,    R.    Milland,    Louise   Campbell 

Meridian    7-1212    (20th-Fox) 9-23-38 

FD:  6-29-38;  Michael  Whalen,   Gloria  Stuart 

Missing    Guest,    The    (U) S-12-38 

Paul   Kelly,   Constance   Moore,   Win.   Lundigan 

Mile.    Docteur    (UA) In  Prod. 

Dita  Parlo,  John  Loder 

Moonlight     Sonata     (Malmar) 

FD:    4-25-38;     Ignace    Jan    Paderewski,    Charles 
Farrell 

Mother   Carey's   Chickens    (RKO) In    Prod. 

Ruby    Keeler,    Anne    Shirley,    James    Ellison,    Fay 
Bainter 

Mr.  Chump  (WB)    In  Prod. 

Johnnie    Davis,    Frank    McHugh,    Jane   Wyman 

Mr.   Moto's  Gamble   (20th-Fox) 3-25-38 

FD:    4-11-38;    Peter    Lorre,    Keye    Luke,    Jayne 
Regan 

Mr.   Moto   in   Egypt   (20th-Fox) In  Prod. 

Peter   Lorre,   Virginia   Field 

Mr.  Moto  Takes  a  Chance  (20th-Fox) 6-24-38 

FD:  6-16-38;  Peter  Lorre,   Rochelle   Hudson 

♦Mutiny  in  the  Mountains   (UA) Not  Set 

Roger  Livesey,  Valerie   Hobson 

Mystery    House    (WB) 

FD:  6-1-38;  Dick  Pureed,  Anne  Sheridan 

Mysterious   Rider    (Para.) In    Prod. 

William  Boyd,  George  Hayes 

My    Bill     (WB) 7-9-38 

FD:  7-8-38;  Kay  Francis,  John  Lite! 

My   Lucky  Star    (20th-Fox) 9-2-38 

Sonja  Henie,   Richard  Greene 

Mysterious   Mr.   Moto    (20th-Fox) 10-21-38 

Peter  Lorre,   Mary  Maguire 

Mystery    House    (WB)     5-21-38 

Dick  Pureed,  Anne  Sheridan 

Northern    Flight    (RKO) In    Prod. 

Richard   Dix,  Chester  Morris,  Joan   Fontaine 

♦Northwest  Passage   (MGM) In  Prod. 

Spencer  Tracy,  Robert  Taylor 

Numbered   Women    (Mono.) In   Prod. 

Sally  Blane,  Lloyd  Hughes 

Numbered    Women    (Mono.) , 5-22-38 

FD:  5-10-38;  Sally  Blane,  Lloyd  Hughes 

Nurse   from    Brooklyn    (U) 4-15-38 

FD:  4-13-38;  Sally  Eilers,  Paul  Kelly 

One   Wild    Night    (20th-Fox) 6-10-38 

FD:  5-11-38;  June  Lang,   Dick   Baldwin 

Outlaw    Express    ( U ) In  Prod. 

Bob  Baker.  Cecilia  Callleio 

Outlaws    of    Sonora    (Rep.) 4-14-38 

FD:  4-20-38;  Three  Mesquiteers,  Jean  Joyce 

Outside   the   Law    (Col.) In    Prod. 

Edward   G.   Robinson,   Wendy   Barrie,   Otto   Kruger 

Over  The  Wall    (WB) 4-2-38 

Dick  Foran,  June  Travis 

Overland  Express  (Col.)    4-11-38 

FD:   4-5-38;    Buck   Jones,    Marjorie    Reynolds 

♦Over  the  Moon    (UA) Not   Set 

Merle  Oberon,   Rex  Harrison 

Over  the  Wall    (WB)    4-2-38 

FD:    3-30-38;     Dick     Foran,    John     Litel,     June 
Travis. 


Title  Release  Date 

Panamint's    Bad    Man     (20th-Fox) 7-8-38 

Smith  Ballew,   Evelyn  Daw,  Noah  Beery 

Paris   Honeymoon    (Para.) In   Prod. 

Bing  Crosby,   Franciska  Gaal,  Akim  Tamiroff 

Passport    Husband    (20th-Fox) 7-15-38 

Pauline   Moore,  Stuart  Erwin 

Penrod's   Double  Trouble    (WB) 7-30-38 

Billy  and  Bobby  Mauch 

Phantom    Gold    (Col.) In  Prod. 

Jack   Luden,    Beth   Marion 

Phantom    Ranger,   The    (Mono.) 5-29-38 

FD:  6-20-38;  Tim   McCoy,   Suzanne   Kaaren 

Pioneer   Trail    (Col.) 7-15-38 

Jack  Luden,  Joan  Barclay 

Port    of    Seven    Seas     (M-G-M 7-1-38 

FD:   6-28-38;   Wallace    Beery,    Maureen   O'Sullivan 

Pride  of  the  West   (Para.) 7-8-38 

William   Boyd,  Charlotte   Field 

Prison    Break     (U) 7-15-38 

FD:  7-13-38;   Barton   MacLane,    Glenda   Farrell 

Prison    Farm    (Para.) 6-17-38 

FD:   6-21-38;    Lloyd    Nolan,    Mary    Carlisle,    Wm. 
Farley 

Professor,    Beware    (Para.) 7-15-38 

FD:    7-14-38;    Harold    Lloyd,    Phyllis   Welch 

Racket   Busters   (WB) 8-13-38 

George    Brent,    Gloria    Dickson,    Humphrey    Bogart 

Rage  of  Paris,  The   (U) 7-1-38 

FD:    6-14-38;    Danielle    Darrieux,    Douglas    Fair- 
banks,  Jr. 

Rascals    (20th-Fox)     5-20-38 

Jane  Withers,  Robert  Wilcox,  Rochelle  Hudson 

Rawhide    (20th-Fox)     4-8-38 

FD:  4-27-38;  Lou  Gehrig,  Smith  Ballew,   Evalyn 
Knapp 

Reckless  Living   (U)    4-8-38 

FD:  3-31-38;  Jimmy  Savo,   R.  Wilcox,   Nan  Grey 
Reformatory    (Col.)    7-21-38 

FD:  6-20-38;  Jack   Holt,  Charlotte  Wynters 
Red    Barry    (U) In  Prod. 

Larry  Crabbe,   Frances   Robinson 
Religious  Racketeer   ( Royer) 

FD:  4-18-38;  Madame  Houdini 
Renfrew   Rides   North    (GN) 7-22-38 

Jimmy  Newell,  Terry  Walker 
Return  of  the   Fox   (Para.) In   Prod. 

William   Boyd,   Geo.   Hayes,    R.   Hayden 
Return    of    the    Scarlet    Pimpernel    (UA) .  .4-29-38 

FD:  4-9-38;  Sophie  Stewart,   Barry  Barnes 
Riders  of  the  Black   Hills   (Rep.) 6-8-38 

FD:  6-17-38;   Bob   Livingston,   Ray  Corrigan,   Max 
Terhune 
Road  to   Reno   (U) In   Prod. 

Randolph  Scott,    Hope   Hampton 
Roaring    Timber    (Col.) 7-4-38 

FD:  1-31-38;  Jack   Holt,   Grace  Bradley 
Rocket    Ship    (U) 6-3-38 

Larry  Crabbe,  Jean  Rogers 
Rollin'   Plains   (GN) 7-8-38 

Tex   Ritter,   Harriet  Bennett 
Rolling    Stones    (RKO)    4-26-38 

Joe   Penner,   Lucille  Ball 
Romance  of  the  Limberlost   (Mono.) In  Prod. 

FD:  6-16-38;  Jean  Parker,   Eric  Linden 
Romance   on   the    Run    (Rep.) 5-11-38 

FD:  5-12-38;   Donald   Woods,    Patricia   Ellis 
Room  Service   (RKO) In  Prod. 

Marx  Bros.,  Adolphe  Menjou 
Sailing   Along    (GB) 4-15-38 

FD:    3-23-38;    Jessie    Matthews,    Jack    Whiting, 

Roland    Young 
Saint  in   New  York   (RKO) 6-3-38 

FD:  5-4-38;  Louis  Hayward,  Kay  Sutton 
Secrets  of  an  Actress  (WB) 7-30-38 

Kay  Francis,  George  Brent 
Shopworn    Angel    (M-G-M) 7-15-37 

FD:  6-29-38;   Margaret  Sullavan,   James  Stewart 
Show    Goes   On,    The    (GB) Not   Set 

Anna   Neagle,  Tullio  Carminati 
Silks  and  Sadldes   (Treo) 

FD:  4-13-38;  Tim  McCoy,  Judith  Ford 

Singing   Cop,   The    (WB) In  Prod. 

Dick   Foran,   Ann  Sheridan 
Sinners    in    Paradise    (U)  ..  5-6-38 

FD:    5-9-38;    John    Boles,    Madge    Evans,    Bruce 
Cabot 


Title 


Release  Date 


Sisters,  The   (WB) In   Prod. 

Bette     Davis,    Anita     Louise,    Jane     Bryan,     Errol 
Flynn 
Six-Shootin'      Sheriff      ( G  N ) 5-20-38 

Ken  Maynard,  Marjorie  Reynolds 
Smashing    the    Rackets    (RKO) In  Prod. 

Chester  Morris,  Frances  Mercer 
-Snow  White  and  the  Seven  Dwarfs  (RKO-Disney). 

FD:    12-27-37.     Animated    Cartoon    Feature. 
Snug     Harbor     (M-G-M)     4-29-38 

Dennis  O'Keefe,   Florence  Rice 
Song  and   Bullets   (Advance) 

FD;  5-20-38;  Fred  Scott,  Alice  Ardell 
Song   of   Freedom,   The    (Treo) 

FD:  7-15-38;   Paul    Robeson,    Elisabeth  Welch 
Sons  of  the   Pioneers   (Col.) 5-12-38 

Bob  Nolan,  Dick  Curtis,  Jessie  Perry 
South  of  Arizona   (Col.) 7-28-38 

Charles  Starrett,   Irene  Meredith 
South    Riding    (UA) 7-1-38 

FD:  6-29-38;   Edna  Best,   Ralph   Richardson 
Spawn  of  the   North    (Para.) 8-26-38 

Raft-Fonda-  Barrymore-Tamiroff-Lamour 
Speed   to    Burn    (20th-Fox) 8-26-38 

FD:  6-7-38;  Michael  Whalen,  Lynn  Bari 
Spy  of  Napoleon    (GN) In  Prod. 

Richard    Barthelmess,    Dorothy    Haas 
Squadron  of   Honor    (Col.) To  Be  Set 

FD:  6-28-3S;  Don  Terry,  Mary  Russell 
Stablemates    (MGM)     In  Prod. 

Wallace   Beery,   Mickey  Rooney 
Stagecoach    Days    (Col.) 6-24-38 

Jack    Luden,    Eleanor   Stewart 
Stolen    Heaven    (Para.) 5-13-38 

FD:  4-6-38;  G.  Raymond,  0.  Bradna,  G.  Farrell 
Stolen   Honeymoon   (20th-Fox)    In  Prod. 

Ginger   Rogers,    Charles   Boyer 
Straight,    Place   and   Show    (20th-Fox) 10-14-38 

Ritz  Bros.,   Ethel   Merman,   Richard  Arlen 
Strange    Boarders    (GB) 8-15-38 

Renee  Saint-Cyr,  Tom  Walls 
Suez    (20th-Fox)    10-28-38 

Tyrone  Power,   Loretta  Young,  Annabella 

Sweethearts    (MGM)     In  Prod. 

Swiss   Miss   (M-G-M-Roach) 5-20-38 

FD:  5-10-38;  Laurel  and   Hardy,   Delia   Lind 
Tarzan  and   the   Green   Goddess    (Prin.) 5-27-38 

FD:  6-3-38;   Herman  Brix,   Ula  Holt 
Test    Pilot    (M-G-M)     4-22-38 

FD:  4-15-38;  Gable,  Loy,  Tracy,  L.  Barrymore 
Texans,   The   (Para.) 8-12-38 

Jean   Bennett,    Randolph  Scott 
That   Certain  Age    (U) 8-19-38 

Deanna  Durbin,  Jackie  Cooper,   Irene  Rich 
There's  Always  a  Woman   (Col.) 4-20-38 

FD:    3-19-38;    Joan     Blondell-M-     Douglas-Mary 

Astor 
There  Goes  My  Heart   (UA) In   Prod. 

Fredric    March,    Virginia    Bruce 
This    Marriage    Business    (RKO)     4-8-38 

FD:  6-7-38;   Victor   Moore,   Vicki    Lester 

Three  Blind  Mice   (20th-Fox) 6-17-38 

FD:  6-18-38;   Joel    McCrea,    Loretta   Young 

Three   Comrades    (M-G-M) 6-3-38 

FD:  5-24-38;   R.  Young,   R.  Taylor,   F.  Tone,   M. 
Sullivan 

Three   Loves  Has  Nancy   (MGM) In  Prod. 

R.   Montgomery,  J.  Gaynor,  F.  Tone 

Three  on  a  Week-End   (GB) 7-1-38 

FD:  1-6-38;  Margaret  Lockwood,  John  Lodge 

Thunder   in   Alaska    (Rep.)    4-18-33 

Richard  Arlen,  Beverly  Roberts 

Timberline    Cowboys     (Rep.) In    Prod. 

The  Three   Mesquiteers 

Tip-Off    Girls    (Para.) 4-1-38 

FD:  3-19-38;    Lloyd    Nolan,    Mary   Carlisle 

To  the  Victor   (GB) 5-1-38 

FD:  2-10-38;  Will  Fyffe,  Margaret  Lockwood 

Too  Hot  to   Handle   (M-G-M) In   Prod. 

Clark   Gable,   Myrna  Loy,  W.   Pidgeon 

Torchy  Blane  in  Panama    (WB)    5-7-38 

FD:  4-20-38;  Lola  Lane,  Paul  Kelly 

Tonight    or    Never    (Atlantic) 6-17-38 

Melvyn  Douglas,  Gloria  Swanson) 

Touchdown    Army    (Para.) In  Prod. 

Robert  Cummings,  J.   Howard,   Mary  Carlisle 


Title                                                  Release  Dati 
Toy  Wife,  The   (M-G-M) 6-10-38 

FD:  6-6-38;  Luise  Rainer,  Melvyn  Douglas,  Robert 
Young 
Trails  West    (GN) In  Prod. 

Glen  Strange,  Dick  Kramer 
Tropic    Holiday    (Para.) f "^38 

Lamour-Burns-Ray-Milland                        '  JF  ] 
Two-Gun    Justice    (Mono.) 4-30-38 

FD:  6-11-38;  Tim  McCoy,  Betty  Compson 
Unashamed     (Cine     Grand) 

FD:  5-20-38;  Rae   Kidd,   Robert  Stanley 
Unconquered  Woman   (GB) In     Prod. 

Anna  Lee 
Under  Western  Stars   (Rep.) 4-20-38 

FD:  4-14-38;  R.  Rogers,  S.  Burnette,  Carol  Hughes 
"Unholy    Beebes"    (Para.) Not  Set 

B.  Crosby-F.   MacMurray-E.   Patterson 
Unlawful    (WB)    In   Prod. 

Kay  Francis,  James  Stephenson,   H.  Bogart 
Utah   Trail    (GN) 8-12-38 

Tex    Ritter 
-Valley  of  the  Giants  (WB) In  Prod. 

Wayne  Morris,  Chas.  Bickford,  Claire  Trevor 
Vivacious   Lady    (RKO)    4-15-38 

FD:  5-5-38;  Ginger  Rogers,  James  Stewart 

Walls  of  St.   Quentin    (U) 7-15-38 

Barton  MacLane,  Glenda  Farrell 
Wayward    Daughters    (Pro.) Not  Set 

Marjorie  Reynolds,  Dennis  Moore 
Wedding   Dream    (GB) In  Prod. 

Nova  Pilbeam 
We're   Going   to   be    Rich    (20th-Fox) In  Prod. 

FD:  7-7-38;  Gracie  Fields,  Victor  McLaglen 
West  of  Cheyenne    (Col.) 7-30-38 

Charles  Starrett,   Iris  Meredith 
Western    Trails    (U) 6-3-38 

Bob  Baker,  Marjorie  Reynolds 
Wheel   Spins,   The   (GB) 9-1-38 

M argot  Lockwood,    Michael   Redgrave 
When  G-Men  Step  In  (Col.)    3-31-38 

FD:  3-17-38;  Jacqueline  Wells,   Robert  Paige 
When  Were  You  Born?  (WB) 6-18-38 

FD:  6-9-38;   Anna    May   Wong,    M.    Lindsay,   An- 
thony Averill 

While   New  York  Sleeps   (20th-Fox) 12-16-38 

White   Banners    (WB) 6-26-38 

FD:    6-1-38;    Claude    Rains,    Fay    Bainter,    Kay 
Johnson 
Whirlwind  Cowboy   (GN) In  Prod. 

Ken  Maynard,  Joan  Barclay 

White    Collars    (MGM) 8-12-38 

Winter   Garden    (20th-Fox) In  Prod. 

Peter  Lorre,  Virginia  Bruce 

Wives    Under   Suspicion    (U) 6-10-38 

FD:  6-7-38;  Warren  William,  Gail   Patrick 

Woman  Against  the  World    (Col.) 6-17-38 

FD:  5-11-38;  Ralph  Forbes,  A.  Moore 

Woman  Against  Woman    (M-G-M) 6-17-38 

FD:  6-18-38;  V.  Bruce,   H.   Marshall,   M.  Astor 

Women    Are    Dangerous    (20th-Fox) 7-1-38 

Warner  Baxter,  Myrna  Loy 
Women  Are   Like  That    (WB) 4-23-38 

FD:  4-13-38;  Kay  Francis,  Pat  O'Brien 
Women  Courageous   (WB) 8-27-38 

FD:   7-7-38;    Lola,    Rosemary   and    Priscilla   Lane, 
Frank  McHugh 

Wooden    Anchors    (20th-Fox) 9-30-38 

Richard  Green,  Nancy  Kelly,  Geo  Bancroft 

Wooden    Wedding    (M-G-M)     Not    Set 

Robert   Montgomery,    Virginia   Bruce 
Yellow   Jack    (M-G-M) 5-27-38 

FD:    5-18-38;    R.    Montgomery,    L.    Stone,    Janet 
Beecher 
You  Can't  Take  It  With  You  (Col.) In  Prod. 

Lionel  Barrymore,  Ann  Miller,  Spring  Byington 

You  and   Me    (Para.) 6-10-38 

FD:  6-3-38;  George  Raft,  Sylvia  Sidney 

Young     Fugitives     (U) 6-3-38 

FD:  6-30-38;  Robert  Wilcox,  Dorothea  Kent 

Young   in   Heart,   The    (UA) In   Prod. 

Janet  Gaynor,  Douglas  Fairbanks,  Jr. 

Youth   Takes  a   Fling    (U) In    Prod. 

Andrea  Leeds,  Joel  McCrea 

Zamboanga     (GN)      4-15-38 

Native   Sulu   cast 

Zaza    (Para.)    In  Prod. 

Claudette  Colbert,   Herbert   Marshall 


«ay,  July  15,  1938 


DAILY 


,Y  GULF  STATES  BIZ     Four  Firsts  to  Metro  and  One  to  UA 
ATES  BEST  IN  SOUTH  As  Ampa  Bestows  Its  Awards  for  '38 


few  Orleans  —  Business  in  the 
f  States'  territory  consisting  of 
isiana,  Mississippi,  and  parts  of 
*-"ma  and  Florida,  while  slightly 
comparison  to  this  same  per- 

last  year,  is  way  ahead  of  that 
)yed  by  surrounding  film  terri- 
es exchange  heads  here  argue, 
he  Gulf  States  show  an  average 
p  of  10  per  cent  which  can  be 
ibuted  to  both  the  recession  and 

intense  heat.     In  some   smaller 
vidual   situations,  the   drop  may 
is  much  as  40  per  cent. 
ut,  according  to   exchange   men, 

decline  in  the  Atlanta  territory 
7  reach  25  per  cent,  while  that  in 
Memphis  territory  is  easily  at  25 

cent  and  the  circuit  business  of 
as  is  at  least  33  1-3  per  cent  off. 
y  point  out  here  that  circuit 
iness  shows  the  least  loss  when 
^rritory  drops.  Some  individual 
aanges     report    business     up    in 

parison  to  last  year  in  the  Gulf 
tes,  but  say  this  may  be  to  un- 
ally  strong  product  or  sales 
>es. 


neral  Films  Has  Plenty 
of  16  mm.  Pix  Available 


egina,  Sask. — Reports  originat- 
in  Ottawa  to  the  effect  that  Gen- 
Films,  Ltd.,  is  complaining  that 
is  impossible  to  acquire  addi- 
;al  16  mm.  product  for  Canadian 
ribution  are  "without  founda- 
.  and  not  correct",  states  S.  C. 
inson,   vice-president   and   treas- 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  we  have 
ity  of  material  available"  At- 
non  says,  adding  that  difficulty 
been  encountered  in  obtaining 
her  product  only  from  Univer- 
and  Gaumont. 

eneral  Films  has  a  company  pol- 

which   bars    rentals    of   16   mm. 

luct  to  commercial  showmen  for 

iibition    in    any    town    or    village 

re  there  is  a  permanent  theater 

j'ing  35  mm.  product. 

We  have  kept  the  16  mm.  busi- 

!    clean   in    standard    up   to   this 

it   and   we   intend    to    use    every 

(ft  to  continue  to  do  so",  Atkin- 

asserts. 


jformatory"  Deal  Being 
Set  for  Loew's  Circuit 


Reformatory"  is  getting  leading 

-run  bookings  in  key  cities  and 

;,?al  is  now  being  set  for  the  en- 

Loew     circuit,     Columbia     an- 

laced  yesterday.     Picture  is  now 

i  nng    at   the    Orpheum,   Portland, 

I.,  and  the  RKO  Golden  Gate,  San 

•  ncisco,  following  runs  in  Bridge- 

l,  Syracuse,  Rochester  and  Meri- 

It   also   has   been  booked  for 

■ j   Haven,   Worcester   and   Provi- 

e. 


(.Continued  from  Page   1) 

Rolan  for  the  Awards  Committee, 
Vincent  Trotta,  chairman,  the  hon- 
ors were: 

Best  Ail-Around  Campaign — 
First,  Good  Earth"  (Metro); 
second,  "Hurricane"  (United 
Artists);  third,  a  tie,  "Wells 
Fargo",  (Paramount)  and  "Life 
of  Emile  Zola"   (Warners). 

Best  Campaign  Direct  to  the 
Public— First,  "Good  Earth" 
(Metro);  second,  "Life  of  Emile 
Zola"  (Warners);  third,  "Wells 
Fargo"    (Pax-amount). 

Best  Campaign  Direct  to  the 
Trade— First,  "Good  Earth" 
(Metro);  second,  "Alcatraz" 
(Warners) ;  third,  "Lost  Hori- 
zon"   (Columbia). 

Best  Publicity  Campaign — 
First,  "Saratoga"  (Metro);  sec- 
ond, "Good  Earth",  (Metro); 
third,  "Life  of  Emile  Zola" 
(Warners). 

Best  Display  Campaign — 
First,  "Hurricane"  (United  Ar- 
tists); second,  "Wells  Fargo" 
(Paramount);  third,  "Good 
Earth"  (Metro). 

To  fill  out  Ampa's  own  "Ten 
Best"  in  the  all-around  campaign 
classification,  Rolan  announced  these 
additional  pix:  "Alcatraz"  (War- 
ners); "Lost  Horizon"  (Columbia); 
"Plainsman"  (Paramount) ;  "Sara- 
toga" (Metro);  "Shall  We  Dance" 
(RKO  Radio)  and  "A  Star  is  Born" 
(United  Artists). 

Major  award,  in  the  all-around 
classification,  was  a  large  plaque, 
with  smaller  plaques  for  other 
"firsts".  Parchment  warrants  went 
to  others  taking  honors. 

In  the  official  listings,  only  first, 
second  and  third  places  were  indi- 
cated. However,  other  pictures  voted 
on  were  given  in  alphabetical  order 
in  each  classification  as  follows: 

Ail-Around  —  "Awful  Truth", 
"Dick  Tracy",  "Souls  at  Sea",  "Stage 
Door",  "Stella  Dallas".  (These  sup- 
plement  the   "ten  best".) 

Public  —  "Awful  Truth",  "Broad- 
way Melody  of  1938";  "Day  at  the 
Races",  "Hurricane",  "Lost  Hori- 
zon", "100  Men  and  a  Girl"; 
"Plainsman";  "Saratoga";  "Star  is 
Born",   "Stella   Dallas". 

Trade— "Awful  Truth",  "Boy  of 
the  Streets",  "Broadway  Melody  of 
1938";  "Hurricane",  "Life  of  Emile 
Zola",  "Merry  Go  Round  of  1938", 
"100  Men  and  a  Girl",  "Plainsman", 
"Prisoner  of  Zenda",  "Saratoga", 
"Souls  at  Sea",  "Shall  We  Dance", 
"Stage  Door",  "Star  is  Born",  "Stel- 
la Dallas",  "Wells  Fargo". 

Publicity  —  "Alcatraz",  "Artists 
and  Models",  Disney  Series,  "Hurri- 
cane", "Lost  Horizon",  '100  Men  and 
a  Girl",  "Plainsman",  "Shall  We 
Dance",  "Stage  Door",  "Star  is 
Born",  "Wells  Fargo". 

Display — "Alcatraz",  "Artists  and 
Models",  "Broadway  Melody  of 
1938",  "Day  at  the  Races",  "Life  of 


Emile  Zola",  "Lost  Horizon", 
"Marked  Woman",  "Plainsman", 
"Saratoga",  "Shall  We  Dance", 
"Stage  Door",  "Star  is  Born"  and 
"Submarine   D-l". 

Rolan  commented  upon  the  ex- 
hibitor favor  enjoyed  by  costly  spec- 
tacles and  the  fact  that  "Saratoga," 
released  in  July,  1937,  captured  the 
publicity  campaign  honors. 

The  Awards  were  accepted  for 
their  respective  companies  by: 

Howard  Dietz,  Metro;  Monroe 
Greenthal,  United  Ai-tists;  Mort 
Blumenstock,  Warners;  Al  Wilkie, 
Paramount,  and  Maurice  Bergman, 
Columbia. 

Thirty-four  campaigns  based  on 
1937  releases,  were  nominated  for 
the  1938  Awards  by  the  advertising 
departments  of  the  producing  com- 
panies, and  space  was  left  for  the 
judges  to  name  any  selections  of 
their  own  not  included  in  the  list. 
The  judges  were  chosen  in  the  ex- 
hibiting field  from  Coast  to  Coast. 
Care  was  exercised  in  this  selection 
so  that  affiliated  theater  operations 
were  equally  divided  among  all  ma- 
jor companies,  plus  prominent  indie 
exhibitors,  small  and  large,  from 
Juneau,  Alaska  to  Key  West,  Flo- 
rida. The  judges  were  asked  to  con- 


WIS.  INDUSTRY  WILL 
MARK  SILVER  JUBILEE 


(.Continued  from  Page    1) 

have  been  associated  with  the  busi- 
ness in  Wisconsin  for  25  years  or 
more.  Trampe  is  head  of  Mono- 
gram-Midwest Film  Co.,  Inc.  The 
two-day  celebration  is  expected  to 
be  the  greatest  ever  staged  by  the 
industry   in   Wisconsin. 


$1,000,000  N.  M.  Lottery 

Albuquerque,  N.  M.  —  Plans  are 
under  way  for  a  New  Mexico  lottery 
to  raise  $1,000,000  or  more  for  the 
Carrie  Tingley  Hospital  for  Crippled 
Children,  Mrs.  Oliver  Harriman  of 
New  York  has  announced.  The  lot- 
tery is  legal  under  New  Mexico 
laws  as  the  funds  will  go  to  the 
charitable  institution.  It  will  be 
held  in  connection  with  a  fair  to  be 
staged  here  by   Mrs.   Harriman. 


sider  the  campaigns  on  basis  of  the 
effect  on  their  organization  and 
their  public,  reflected  at  the  box- 
office.  Ampa  spent  approximately 
$1,000  on  the  campaign. 

Serving  with  Trotta  on  the 
awards  committee  were:  Martin 
Starr,  Hap  Hadley,  James  Cunning- 
ham and  Rutgers  Neilson. 


20  YEARS 


IS  A 
LONG  TIME 


IN  PICTURES 


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Friday,  July  15,  19: 


DAILY 


ANGLO-U.  S.  TREATY 
SIGNATURE  IN  FALL 


Washington    Bureau    of    THE    FILM  (DAILY 

Washington  —  Negotiation  of  a 
trade  agreement  between  the  U.  S. 
and  Great  Britain  drew  a  step 
closer  yesterday  when  authoritative 
sources  at  the  State  Department  re- 
vealed that  the  pact  would  in  all 
probability  be  signed  by  early  Fall. 

The  department  had  hoped  at  first 
to  conclude  the  negotiations  by  June 
30  but  the  necessity  of  considering 
each  of  the  more  than  2,000  tariff 
items  on  the  agenda  has  slowed  the 
work. 

Meanwhile,  although  there  was 
no  mention  of  motion  pictures  in 
the  Department's  announcement  of 
negotiations  with  Venezuela,  it  is 
understood  from  reliable  sources 
that  films  are  due  for  consideration. 

According  to  the  latest  figures, 
the  U.  S.  in  1937  exported  to  Vene- 
zuela some  3,620,238  linear  feet  of 
positive  sound  film  at  a  dollar  value 
of  $74,856.  In  1936,  the  U.  S.  ex- 
ported 2,635,701  feet  at  a  dollar 
value  of  $52,230.  It  is  estimated 
that  75  per  cent  of  the  film  shown 
in  Venezuela  is  imported  from  the 
U.   S. 


Warner  Western  Bookers 
Meet  in  Frisco  Tomorrow 


San  Francisco — Bookers  and  ad 
salesmen  in  Warner  Bros.  Western 
exchanges  will  open  a  two-day  meet- 
ing here  tomorrow.  This  will  be  the 
second  in  a  series  of  four  conven- 
tions to  be  held  by  the  company. 
A.  W.  Schwalberg,  supervisor  of 
exchanges,  will  conduct  the  sessions, 
with  Stanley  Hatch,  accessories 
sales  manager,  and  I.  F.  Dolid,  as- 
sistant to  Norman  H.  Moray,  Vita- 
phone  sales  manager,  scheduled  to 
speak. 

Attending  the  San  Francisco  meet- 
ing are: 

Denver:  L.  E.  Hobson,  M.  E.  Aus- 
tin and  P.  Gundy;  Los  Angeles:  W. 
R.  Walsh,  H.  Slater,  B.  H.  Sexton, 
J.  Pierce,  M.  Shipp  and  P.  Webs- 
ter; Portland:  H.  P.  McNary,  C.  W. 
Hudson,  and  R.  Hopfel;  Salt  Lake 
City:  C.  Saphro,  J.  Griffin  and  M. 
Wood;  San  Francisco:  J.  Hanley.  V. 
Preston,  H.  Wisnia  and  N.  Laurice; 
Seattle:  G.  G.  Maxey,  J.  W.  Parry 
and  D.  Weston;  Calgarv:  S.  Pearl- 
man;   and  Vancouver:   H.  Dalgleish. 


"Pearls"  In  Loew's  Nabes 

"Pearls  of  the  Crown,"  French 
produced  picture,  has  been  booked 
by  Loew's  for  its  neighborhood  the- 
aters. Picture  contains  dialogue  in 
French,  English  and  Italian  in  ad- 
dition  to    titles. 


Lowell  Thomas,  Realtor 

Lowell  Thomas,  pix  and  radio 
commentator,  is  turning  realtor.  In 
association  with  others,  he'll  sub- 
divide the  2,000-acre  Fred  F.  French 
estate  at  Pawling,  the  community 
to  be  dubbed  Quaker  Lake. 


REVIEWS  Of  DEUJ  FILMS 


"The  Song  of  Freedom" 

with  Paul  Robeson,  Elisabeth  Welch,  George 

Mozart,    Esme    Percy 
Treo   Film   Exchange  66  mins. 

ROBESON'S  GREAT  VOICE  ONLY 
BRIGHT  SPOT  IN  POOR  PROGRAM  OF- 
FERING. 

The  singing  of  Paul  Robason  is  the  only 
bright  spot  in  this  hodge-podge  picture 
that  lacks  even  a  good  production  value. 
The  picture  may  do  business  in  the  grind 
houses  and  in  spots  where  Robeson  will 
attract  a  following,  but  there  is  a  lack  of 
taste  in  the  production  of  the  film  which 
will  bar  it  for  many  other  exhibitors.  The 
musical  selections  chosen  for  Robeson  to 
sing  do  not  give  him  the  opportunity  that 
he  deserves.  There  are  attempts  at  hu- 
mor in  the  picture,  but  it  is  very  stilted. 
Robeson's  supporting  cast  is  O.K.  with  the 
exception  of  Esme  Percy  who  apparently 
tries  to  emulate  Leslie  Banks  in  his  man- 
nerisms and  speech,  with  an  overemphasis. 
The  story  is  obvious  from  the  beginning 
and  winds  up  exactly  as  the  audience  fig- 
ures it  will,  with  no  surprise  elements  to 
give  it  a  punch.  Robeson,  a  dock  worker 
in  England,  sings  a  fragment  of  a  song 
continually  and  tells  his  friends  that  he 
doesn't  know  where  he  heard  it,  but  it  has 
been  born  in  him.  Percy,  an  impresario, 
hears  him  sing  and  gets  him  to  study 
opera.  Robeson  meets  a  man  who  has 
traveled  in  Africa  who  recognizes  the  song 
as  the  king's  song  of  an  Island  tribe.  You 
guessed  it — a  plaque  that  Robeson  wears 
is  identified  as  the  king's  emblem  and  he 
sails  for  his  ancient  empire.  There  is  the 
usual  hooey  with  witch  doctors,  but  Robe- 
son conquers  all  and  buys  his  primitive 
people  tractors  by  singing  in  the  winters 
when  he  is  not  busy  ruling. 

CAST:    Paul    Robeson,    Elisabeth  Welch, 

George   Mozart,    Esma    Percy,   J.    F.  Emney, 

Arthur    Williams,    Ronald    Simpson,  Robert 
Adams,  Alf  Goddard,  Jenny  Dean. 

CREDITS:  Produced  by  British  Lion  Film 
Corporation  Limited;  Director,  J.  Elder 
Wills;  Screenplay,  Fenne  Sherre  and  Ing- 
ram D'Abbes  from  an  original  story  by  Ma- 
jor Claude  Wallace  and  Dorothy  Halloway; 
Cameramen,  Eric  Cross,  T.  A.  Glover  and 
Harry    Rose;    Editor,    Arthur   Tavares. 

DIRECTION,     Inept.        PHOTOGRAPHY, 

Poor. 


*  SHORTS  -ft 


"Screen  Snapshots" 

Columbia  11  mins. 

Extremely  Entertaining 

The  eighteenth  anniversary  of 
Screen  Snapshots  Newsreel  provides 
the  audience  with  a  number  of  con- 
trasts that  go  back  over  many  years 
and  have  a  historical  interest  value 
as  well  as  a  store  of  memories  con- 
nected with  them.  The  film  shows 
a  number  of  prominent  film  people 
today  and  as  they  were  then,  when 
many  of  them  were  at  the  top  of 
their   fame    and    others   were   prac- 


tically unknown.  Charlie  Chaplin 
15  years  ago,  and  Jackie  Coogan  as 
the  boy  wonder  of  the  screen  must 
be  familiar  to  everybody.  Douglas 
Fairbanks  and  Mary  Pickford  are 
shown  together  on  an  ocean  voyage 
15  years  ago,  and  then  we  see  them 
today.  The  whole  reel  is  devoted  to 
stars  of  yesterday  and  today,  with 
some  of  them  still  prominent,  and 
others  who  have  vanished  from  the 
public  eye,  but  still  remembered  by 
the  theatergoers  of  an  earlier  gen- 
eration. William  S.  Hart  riding  his 
pinto  pony  and  Louise  Fazenda  in  a 
Mack  Sennett  comedy  ai-e  just  an 
idea  of  how  far  back  the  reel  goes. 


"Mechanix    Illustrated" 

(Colortour  Adventure) 

Vitaphone  10  mins. 

Corking    Short    Subject 

One  of  the  best  shorts  to  hit  the 
screen  in  some  time,  "Mechanix 
Illustrated,"  is  not  only  highly  edu- 
cational, but  presents  the  subject 
matter  in  an  interest-compelling 
fashion.  The  picture  was  produced 
by  E.  M.  Newman  and  directed  by 
Ira  Genet.  The  first  sequence  of  the 
film  shows  the  making  of  paint, 
shellac  and  varnish.  The  second 
item  gives  a  fascinating  account  of 
the  ultra  violet  ray.  We  see  the 
rays,  and  watch  them  kill  bacteria 
when  they  are  focussed  on  the  bacil- 
li. The  third  sequence  shows  a  din- 
ing car  kitchen,  a  model  of  space- 
saving  architecture.  The  windup  se- 
quence shows  the  use  of  liquid  air 
in  freezing  fruits,  meats  and  vege- 
tables. Its  usefulness  is  demon- 
strated when  you  see  a  goldfish 
frozen  stiff,  and  then  it  comes  back 
to  life  again  in  a  few  seconds  when 
it  is  returned  to  the  goldfish  bowl. 
The  color  in  the  picture  is  excellent, 
and  has  been  used  with  fine  effec- 
tiveness. 


"Sons  Of  the  Plains" 

(Broadway   Brevity) 

Vitaphone  19  mins. 

Entertaining  Short 

Filmed  in  Technicolor  in  a  beau- 
tiful outdoor  setting,  this  short  is 
entertaining  and  a  bit  different  from 
the  average  run  of  pictures  of  this 
type.  Featuring  the  Mauch  twins 
and  Russell  Simpson,  the  picture 
has  an  adequate  cast.  Crane  Wil- 
bur directed.  A  wagon  train  sets 
out  from  a  fort  for  the  California 
gold  fields.  The  twins  are  in  the 
wagon  when  it  is  ambushed  by  In- 
dians. One  twin  is  taken  by  the  In- 
dian chief,  but  the  other  is  un- 
noticed. He  is  later  rescued  by  a 
wagon  train  that  arrives  where  the 
massacre  had  taken  place.  Time 
passes  and  the  two  boys  grow  up. 
One  an  adopted  Indian,  and  filled 
with  hatred  for  the  white  men  as 
the  result  of  being  educated  in  a 
government  school,  and  the  other 
as  the  adopted  son  of  an  old  scout. 
Fate  crosses  their  paths  and  they 
manage  to  straighten  out  trouble 
between  the  whites  at  a  fort  and  the 
Indian  tribe  before  they  part  again, 
going   their  adopted  ways. 


neiUS  Of  TH6  DRV 


Pittsburgh — The    Warner    Circu 
Management  Corp.  will  move  to  il 
new  offices  on  the  22nd  floor  of  tbJ 
Clark   Building   over   the   week-end 


Chicago — Pan  American  Filf"""vC< 
has  been  formed  by  R.  P.  A  ymt 
R.  R.  Gregg  and  C.  O.  Baptista,  wit 
offices  at  5530  Lake  Park  Ave.,  t 
distribute  films. 


Pittsburgh— J.  B.  "Pop"  Kane,  o/ 
the  Nemo  Theater,  Pitcairn,  Pa.,  i , 
taking  his  first  vacation  since  be ! 
coming  an  exhibitor  12  years  age 
During  his  absence  his  son  will  loo 
after   the   theater. 


Pittsburgh— The    local    20th    Cei^ 
tury-Fox   exchange   is   the   class   ol 
Film  Row  now  that  it  has  been  re 
painted  and  with  the  installation  o 
air-conditioning,      indirect     lightin; 
and  all  new  sound  equipment. 


Chicago — Steve  Montgomery  ha 
resigned  from  the  Metro  exchang 
sales  staff  and  joined  B.  N.  Judel 
office  as  sales  manager. 

New  Orleans — Fanny  Levy  of  th< 
United  Artist  office  staff  is  recuper 
ating  slowly  from  injuries  receive! 
in  an  auto  accident. 


Mayer  Explains,  Bonus  Origir 
At  Stockholders  Hearinj 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

traced  the  history  of  Metro-Gold 
wyn-Mayer  which  was  organized  ii 
1924  and  explained  the  origin  of  th< 
bonus  system  which  was  starte( 
that  year.  He  also  told  of  the  func 
tions  of  the  various  producers  am 
executives  at  his  studio.  His  ques 
tioning  will  be  completed  tomorrov 
and  he  will  be  followed  as  a  wit 
ness  by  Mervyn  LeRoy. 


MCA  to  Produce  Ft.  Worth 
Shows  as  Civic  Ballyhoc 

Fort  Worth— MCA  has  signed  t] 
produce      vaudeville      and      musica 
shows    at    Casa    Manana,    the    opei 
air    cafe  -  theater    in    Fort    Worth 
where   Billy  Rose   put   on   spectacu 
lar  revues  in  1936-1937.     Local  bus 
iness  men  put  up  $50,000  to  swing 
the  shows  this  year  as  a  civic  bal1; 
lyhoo.      Shows    start    July    29,    anc 
will   feature    such    "name"    orks    as 
Wayne    King,     Ozzie    Nelson,    Ber  ■ 
Bernie.     Edgar  Bergen-Charlie  Mc-1 
Carthy   are   booked   for   two   night; 
in  August. 

Gets  Foreign  Rights 

Louis  A.  Solomon  has  acquired  al 
foreign  distribution  rights  to  th< 
first  three  productions  with  all-Negn 
casts  made  by  Million  Dollars  Pro- 
ductions, Inc.  Pix  are  "The  Duke  Is 
Tops"  and  "Bargain  with  Bullets' 
starring  Ralph  Cooper,  and  "Lift 
Goes  On,"  starring  Louise  Beavers 


p»l 


HLh    UOPV 


In  Today  s  lssue?v&The  Scope  of  Marquee  Illumination 


Intimate  in  Character 
International  in  Scope 
Independent    in    Thought 


(See  Pages  4-5-6) 


The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now  Twenty   Years  Old 


% 


.  74,  NO.  13 


NEW  YORK,  SATURDAY,  JULY  16,  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


P/x  Industry  Plans  Concerted  Effort  to  Build  Patronage 

NO.  DAOIVORCEMlT  STATUTEUPHELD 

National  Working  Agreement  for  Musicians  and  Actors 


Whitehead   and  Weber  Will 

Meet     to     Formulate 

Commitment 


National    working    agreement    be- 

ween    the   American   Federation   of 

Actors  and  the  American  Federation 

f  Musicians  is  in  prospect,  it  was 

Jearned  yesterday. 

,  Joseph  Weber,  prexy  of  the  A  F 
•f  M,  and  Ralph  Whitehead,  ex- 
ecutive secretary  of  the  A  F  of  A, 
re  scheduled  to  confer  shortly  on 
he  agreement  which,  when  drafted, 
vill  be  submitted  to  the  musicians 
(Continued  on  Page  3) 

3RAINGERLUNCHE0N 
AT  PITTS.  TUESDAY 


Pittsburgh — James     R.     Grainger, 

>resident  and  general  manager  of 
;  iistribution    of    Republic    Pictures, 

till  be  the  guest  of  honor  Tuesday 
It  a  luncheon  here  sponsored  by  his 
_  riends  and  associates  in  the  terri- 

ory.  Affair  is  scheduled  for  the 
•Villiam  Penn  Hotel  and  will  be  at- 
I  ended  by  members   of  the  Variety 

]lub  and  the  press. 

Grainger  is  coming  here  to  inspect 
Republic's    recently    renovated    ex- 

hange. 

:irst  Television  Theater 
Sets  a  Quarter  Admission 

Boston — The  first  U.  S.  television 
heater  which  bowed  in  this  week 
n  Television  Hall,  operated  by  the 
Massachusetts    Television    Institute, 

(Continued  on  Page  3) 

lass.  Public  Safety  Dept. 
Forbids  "Spain  in  Flames" 

Boston — The  Massachusetts  De- 
lartment  of  public  safety  yesterday 
irohibited  showing  tomorrow  night 
tt  Provincetown  "Spain  in  Flames" 

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METRO  TO  HAVE 
FAR  EAST  DIV. 

"Red"  Silverstein  Named 
to   Singapore  Post 


Metro  will  establish  a  Far  East- 
ern division,  with  headquarters  in 
Singapore,  it  was  disclosed  yester- 
day by  Morton  A.  Spring,  assistant 
manager  of  the  Metro  international 
organization. 

New  division  managerial  post 
will  go  to  Maurice  "Red"  Silver- 
stein, of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  who,  for 
the  last  two  years,  has  filled  Metro 
posts  in  Latin-America.  Silverstein, 
who  arrived  here  in  mid-week  by 
plane  from  Caracas,  Venezuela,  flies 

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WEINGARTEN  TO  BUILD 
12  FLORIDA  THEATERS 


Miami  Beach,  Fla. — Herman  Wein- 
garten,  of  New  York,  has  announced 
a  program  which  will  include  the 
building  of  a  circuit  of  12  theaters 
in   this   area,   at   an   investment   of 

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U.  S.  Statutory  Court  Finds  Law  to  be  Constitutional 

— Appeal  to  Supreme  Court  by  Para,  and 

Subsidiaries  Expected 

Fargo,  N.  D. — Constitutionality  of  the  Allied-backed  North 
Dakota's  theater  divorcement  statute  has  been  upheld  by  a 
three- judge  statutory  court,  it  was  announced  yesterday. 

In   handing  down   a   decision,   the 


LA  CROSSE  THEATERS 
FILE  TRUST  ACTION 


Milwaukee — Charging  violation  of 
the  Clayton  anti-trust  act,  La 
Crosse  Theaters  Co.  has  filed  action 
for  treble  damages  totaling  $1,050,- 
000  against  three  major  distributors 
and  two  affiliated  circuits.  Defen- 
dants are  20th  Century-Fox,  United 
Artists,        Paramount,        Minnesota 

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court  ruled  that  North  Dakota  had 
the  right,  under  its  police  powers,  to 
enact  the  law,  but  in  no  way  was 
there  any  reflection  on  the  opera- 
tion methods  of  the  Minnesota 
Amusement  Co.  and  the  American 
Amusement  Co.  in  the  State. 

It  is  believed  that  Paramount  and 
its  theater  subsidiaries  will  file  an 
appeal  with  the  U.  S.  Supreme 
Court.  Meanwhile,  it  is  understood 
that  the  temporary  injunction 
against  enforcement  of  the  act  will 
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Personnel  of  SAG's  New 

Advisory  Board  Revealed 

Personnel  of  the  nine-member 
Eastern  Advisory  Board  of  the  SAG 
was  announced  yesterday,  following 
tabulation  of  the  ballots  cast  in  an 
election  conducted  by  mail. 

Following  will  serve  for  one  year: 
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(Continued  on  Page  3)  (Continued  on  Page  3) 

Majors  Plan  Concerted  Industry  Drive 
to    Sell     Coming  Product  to  Pix  Fans 


"Cavalcade  of  America" 
To  be  Prepared  by  MPPDA 

MPPDA  will  prepare  "Cavalcade 
of  America",  film  panorama  of  U. 
S.  history  highlights  for  presenta- 
tion at  the  New  York  World's  Fair 
1939,  it  was  formally  announced  by 
the  Hays  office  yesterday  following 
(Continued  on  Page  3) 


A  concerted  campaign  to  arouse 
public  interest  in  forthcoming  pro- 
ductions was  formulated  at  MPPDA 
headquarters  yesterday  when  pres- 
idents, sales  managers  and  directors 
of  advertising  and  publicity  of  ma- 
jor companies  met  to  discuss  pre- 
liminary plans.  It  is  understood  that 
committees  will  be  set  up  to  carry 
the  message  regarding  the  array  of 

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WON'T  USE  MONOPOLY 
PROBE  FOR  EVIDENCE 


Washington  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  'DAILY 
Washington — The  Justice  Depart- 
ment yesterday  issued  a  formal  two- 
page  statement  catagorically  deny- 
ing "rumors  that  the  monopoly  in- 
vestigation will  be  used  by  the  anti- 
trust division  of  the  Department  of 
Justice  as  an  instrument  to  obtain 
evidence  for  prosecution". 
The  Justice  Dept.    statement  was 

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Rose  Planes  to  Coast 

on  Para.'s  British  Plans 

David  Rose,  head  of  Paramount's 
foreign  production,  planed  out  for 
the  Coast  yesterday  in  connection 
with  the  company's  British  produc- 
ing plans.  Exact  nature  of  the 
quick  trip  to  Hollywood,  in  view 
of  his  scheduled  sailing  for  London 
Wednesday,  was  not  revealed.  He 
is  now  tentatively  slated  to  sail 
July  27. 


1W 


DAILY 


Saturday,  July  16,  19:J, 


JOHN    W.    ALICOATE      :      :      :      :      Publisher 


DONALD    M.    MERSEREAU      :     General    Manager 
CHESTER    B.   BAHN  :      :      :      :      :    Editor 


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at  1501  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y., 
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Alicoale,  President  and  Publisher;  Don- 
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Universal    Picts 


with  PHIL  M.  DALY 


Educators  Appointed  to 
NVES  Conference  Council 


Chicago— A.  P.  Hollis  of  the  De- 
Vry  Co.  announces  the  appointment 
of  L.  W.  Cochran,  University  of 
Iowa,  W.  G.  Hart,  Director  of  Visual 
Education,  Dearborn,  Mich.,  Mrs. 
Richard  M.  McClure,  president  of 
the  Better  Films  Council  and  Miss 
Eleanor  M.  Mossman,  of  the  Na- 
tional Teachers  Council,  both  of  Chi- 
cago, and  Dr.  James  Bliss,  Western 
Reserve  University,  Cleveland,  to 
the  Conference  Council  of  the  Na- 
tional Visual  Education   Society. 


•  •      •      MEBBE  Howard  Hughes and  his  flying  buddies 

are   dog-tired as   a   result   of   their epochal globe-circling 

flight and    the    triumphant   Broadway    parade which   followed 

it  yesterday but  so  are  some  others meaning  the  boys 

who    made edited and    distributed the    newsreel    record 

without    exception the     newsreel    boys concede     the 

Hughes  assignment the   most  difficult since   the   Spring  floods 

of    1937 Hughes who   has   pix   plans rejected    all    offers 

to  commercialize  his  flight and  bore  the  full  cost about 

$300,000 the   World's   Fair  ballyhoo being   a   gesture of 

friendship to  Grover  Whalen 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     CAMERAMAN    Bob    Donahue of    RKO    Pathe 

News this  week  competes  25  years  with  the  company 

and  during  almost  20  of  them he's  been  a  total  of  400  times 

in  the  air  on  assignments which  would  seem  to  be.  . . . 

a  record  of  sorts back  in  1927. Donahue  was  a  member 

of  the  Byrd  North  Pole  expedition 

T  T  T 

•  •      •     INSPIRED   by    those   collegiate   questionnaires the   U A 

home  office  publicity  department lads  and  lassies have  been 

doing  a  bit  of  balloting with  these  results  announced for  the 

"class  of  1938" most  popular  boy — R.  J.  Kilpatrick  (Cashier) 

most    popular    girl — Virginia    Morris class    genius — Morty    Freed- 

good class    politician — Tom    McCabe handsomest    boy    — 

Howard    LeSieur most    beautiful    girl— Grace    Fischler boy 

most  likely  to  succeed — Monroe   Greenthal girl  most  likely  to  suc- 
ceed— Rose  Natkins class  pest — Sammy  Cohen orator  —  Burt 

Champion athlete — Milton    Klinger cutest Dorothy   Adams 

actor — Gene    Aiello actress — Kitty    Kweller most    naive 

— Sue  Harkins most  sophisticated — Edith  Prigozy best  dressed 

boy — Morris    Wilcox best    dressed    girl — Ruth    Sherburne best 

dancer — Victor  Sedlow boy  with  most  phone  numbers — Myer  Beck 

girl  with  most  calls — Tess  Michaels timid  soul  —  Herb 

Jaediker 


U.  S.  Steel  Sponsored  Pix 
Playing  Downtown  Pitts. 

Pittsburgh  —  The  Technicolor 
short  subject,  "Steel — Man's  Ser- 
vant," produced  by  the  U.  S.  Steel 
Corporation,  a  history  of  the  steel 
industry,  is  being  shown  by  many 
theaters  in  this  territory  and  making 
a  big  hit,  especially  in  the  steel  mill 
towns.  Starting  today,  it  will  play 
at  the  Fulton  Theater,  downtown. 


2€  yE4C/  AGC 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Tuesday,  July  16, 
1918: 

CHICAGO — Local  pix  theaters  are  searched 
for  draft  law  evaders  in  roundup  of  10,000 
suspects. 

NEW  YORK — Acting  on  export  regulations, 
film  men  are  determined  to  prove  good  faith 
in    shipping    pictures. 

NEW  YORK— Motion  Picture  War  Service  As- 
sociation to  offer  $200,000  troop  hospital  to 
Government. 

Yes,   20   Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures  I 


Ezell  Joins  Rice  Company 
as  General  Sales  Manager 

C.  C.  Ezell,  former  sales  manager 
for  Affiliated  Enterprises,  owners 
of  Bank  Night,  has  joined  Rice  Pro- 
duction Co.  of  Chicago  as  general 
sales  manager.  Rice  Co.  owns  the 
"Magic  Eye,"  a  novel  camera  device 
which  automatically  snaps  a  pa- 
tron's picture  as  he  enters  a  the- 
ater. Ezell  will  be  in  charge  of 
national  distribution. 

It  is  understood  that  Ezell  has 
divested  himself  of  all  connections 
with  theater  games,  having  given  up 
Buck  Night  which  he  operated  after 
leaving  Affiliated.  He  is  now  in 
Chicago  to  take  over  his  new  duties. 


Banks  Succeeds  Goosson 

as  Col.'s  Art  Director 


West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Stephen  Goosson  has 
resigned  as  Columbia's  art  director 
and  has  been  succeeded  by  Lionel 
Banks,  his  assistant. 


cominG  MID  Goin 


DAVID    ROSE   flew   to   the   Coast   yesterday. 

CARL  LESERMAN,  assistant  general  sa> 
manager  for  Warners,  ROY  HAINES,  Easte 
and  Canadian  sales  manager,  and  NORMAN 
MORAY,  sales  manager  for  Vitaphone,  return 
to  their  desks  yesterday  after  a  business  ti  | 
to   Toronto. 

MORT    BLUMENSTOCK,    in    charge    of    adve 
tising    and    publicity    for    Warners    in    the.,    t 
left    last    night   for   the    Coast   on    the   C 
He    returns    to    the    home    office    in    a    we^r, 
10  days. 

WILLIAM  C.  CEHRINC,  central  division  ma 
ager  for  20th-Fox,  returns  to  the  home  offi 
Monday    from    Chicago. 

LESLIE  F.  WHALEN,  foreign  publicity  ma 
ager  for  20th-Fox,  left  for  the  Coast  yeste 
day  by  car,  on  a  combined  vacation  and  bus 
ness.      MRS.  WHALEN  accompanied  him. 

BERT  STERN,  Eastern  district  manager  f 
United   Artists,   is   in   Pittsburgh   for  a   few  da) 

JAMES  STEWART,  M-C-M  star,  is  vacation^ 
at  his  home   in   Indiana,   Pa. 

JAMES  BALMER,  general  manager  for  tl 
Harris  Amusement  Co.  is  in  Atlantic  City  for 
few     days. 

LEE  TRACY  arrives  here  over  the  week-en 
and  sails  for   England   next  week. 

ANDREW  STONE.  Paramount  director,  a 
rives   in   New  York   Monday   morning  by   train. 

HOWARD     GREER,      Hollywood     designer, 
vacationing    in    New   York   after   completing   tl 
costumes     for     RKO's     "Carefree"     with     Ging » 
Rogers. 

W.  G.  VAN  SCHMUS,  managing  director  i 
the  Music  Hall,  and  MRS.  VAN  SCHMUS,  s:  ? 
for   Italy  today  on   the  Conte  di   Savoia. 

ROGER  MARCHETTI,  attorney,  is  also  an  ou  | 
ward-bound   passenger   on   the    Italian   boat. 

WILLIAM  E.  GERRITY  and  GEORGE  E.  MCI 
RIS,  of  the  Walt  Disney  Studios,  are  vacatioi 
ing    in    New   York. 

JAMES  MULVEY,  Eastern  representative  f. 
Samuel    Goldwyn,    is   en   route   to   the   Coast. 

SAM    SAX,    head    of    the    Vitaphone   studio 
Brooklyn,    arrived    on    the    Coast   yesterday    fro 
New    York. 

AMERIGO  ABOAF,  Paramount's  general  mai 
ager  in  Italy,  arrives  here  Aug.  1  for  hon 
office   conferences. 

FAY   WRAY    is    in    New   York   for   appearand  -7 
in   summer  stock. 

HAROLD    LLOYD    returned    to    New   York    la 
night    after    attending    the    Elks    convention 
Atlantic    City. 

TREM  CARR  left  Hollywood  last  night  f 
New    York. 


Best  wishes  from  THE  FILM  DAILY  to 

the      following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY   16 

Barbara   Stanwyck 

Ginger   Rogers 

George   Marion 

Gus    Harris 


JULY   17 

James  Cagney 

Herschel    Stuart 

Al    Bondy 

Jack   Conway 
Frank   Whitbeck 


rturday,  July   16,   1938 


DAILY 


IOUSTRY  PLANNING 
TO  BUILD  PATRONAGE 


{Continued  from  Page   1) 

iportant    pictures    to    be    released 
ortly   direct    to   the   theater-going 
Iblic. 

Action  yesterday  followed  the 
commendation  by  Will  H.  Hays 
io,  speaking  at  the  Ampa  awards 
d^heon  on  Thursday,  urged  the 
J -re  industry  to  push  "a  great 
campaign  of  intensive  adver- 
ting." 

The  budget  for  the  campaign  has 
>t  been  set  but  it  is  understood 
at  a  major  portion  of  the  money 
ill  be  spent  in  newspaper  adver- 
ting, with  a  share  going  to  the 
ade  press.  This  matter  will  be 
ft  up  to  committees  when  the 
nount  of  money  to  be  spent  has 
ien  determined,  it  is  reported. 
Attending  yesterday's  sessions 
ere  all  major  company  presidents 
ith  the  exception  of  Sidney  R. 
ent,  of  20th  Century-Fox,  and  all 
ales  managers  except  William 
cully  of  Universal,  both  of  whom 
ere  out  of  the  city.  All  advertis- 
lg  and  publicity  chiefs  were  on 
and  as  were  the  heads  of  the  five 
,aajor  circuits. 

ustice  Dept.  Won't  Use 
Monopoly  Probe  for  Evidence 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

ssued  after  the  appointment  of 
Vendell  Berge  and  John  Abt,  de- 
artment  officials  versed  in  film  in- 
ustry,  as  monopoly  committee  al- 
ernate  and  assistant  respectively, 
>ut  makes  no  mention  of  them. 

The  statement  declared  the  de- 
lartment  "is  in  full  accord  with  the 
tatement  of  Senator  O'Mahoney 
•lutlining  the  general  purpose  and 
.cope  of  the  inquiry  and  considers 
hat  the  purpose  does  not  include  the 
gathering  of  evidence  to  present  in 
:ourt." 

"It  is  not  likely  that  the  inventi- 
*ation    will    furnish    any    leads    to 
orosecution  which  the  anti-trust  di- 
vision does  not  now  have.     We  are 
.constantly    investigating    industries 
n  general.     We  have  thousands  of 
complaints.     Indeed,  we  have  more 
.eads   to  prosecution  than   our  per- 
I  sonnel    will    possibly    permit    us    to 
!  follow.      In   other   words,   the   leads 
j  already   exist.      The   method   of  ob- 
'  taining  evidence  to  follow  them  up 
1  will  be  the  same  as  used  in  the  past, 
to-wit,    the    grand    jury    investiga- 
tion". 


Five  Seats  for  Every  Inhabitant! 

Brighton,  England  (By  Cable) — Dan  Benjamin,  chairman  of  the  Sussex  branch  of  the 
CEA,  in  a  protest  to  the  Town  Council  against  the  proposed  building  of  a  newsreel 
theater  here,  said  that  the  city  already  had  five  theater  seats  for  every  inhabitant.  He 
also  stated  that  not  a  single  picture  theater  in  Brighton  plays  to  one  capacity  house 
the  year  around. 


Metro  Will  Establish 

a  Far  Eastern  Division 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

to  the  Coast  Aug.  2  to  visit  the 
studios  and  on  Aug.  6  sails  from 
Vancouver  on  the  Empress  of  Rus- 
sia for  the  Orient.  He  arrives  in 
Singapore   about   Aug.  26. 

Metro's  decision  to  expand  in  the 
Far  East  follows  closely  upon  the 
return  to  the  U.  S.  of  Arthur  Loew, 
head  of  its  international  organiza- 
tion, who,  on  his  last  world  trek, 
spent  some  time  in  the  Orient. 

Metro  at  the  present  time  has  an 
office  in  Singapore,  but  without  di- 
visional organization.  Joe  Goltz, 
recently  in  charge  there,  replaces 
Silverstein  as  Metro  branch  man- 
ager at  Caracas.  Silverstein  has 
represented  Metro  in  Venezuela  for 
the  last  seven  months;  prior  to  that 
time,  he  headed  the  Metro  office  at 
Bogota,   Colombia. 

The  new  Singapore  division  will 
span  the  Dutch  East  Indies,  in  addi- 
tion to  Singapore,  taking  in  Suma- 
tra and  Borneo  and,  additionally, 
Siam. 


A 


T  &  T  Reports  Quarter 

Net  of  $37,032,603 


A  net  of  $37,032,603  for  the  June 
quarter  was  reported  yesterday  by 
AT&T.  The  earnings  for  the 
quarter  fell  $5,012,684  below  the 
dividend  requirements  for  the  per- 
iod, which  is  $42,045,287.  The  net 
is  equal  to  $1.98  a  share,  compared 
with  $43,737,928  for  the  same  period 
last  year  when  earnings  represented 
»  $2.34  a  share. 


"Cavalcade  of  America" 
To  be  Prepared  by  MPPDA 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

a  meeting  of  the  directorate  in  the 
office  of  Will  Hays,  MPPDA  prexy. 

Hays  said:  "The  industry  is  de- 
lighted to  make  this  contribution.  I 
like  to  think  that  the  motion  pic- 
ture has  made  of  history  a  living, 
vital  thing." 

The  pix  will  be  exhibited  in  the 
Federal  Building  at  the  Fair,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  United  States 
New  York  World's  Fair  Commis- 
sion, of  which  Edward  J.  Flynn  is 
the  U.  S.  Commissioner  General. 
The  Education  Committee  of  the 
World's  Fair,  under  the  chairman- 
ship of  Dr.  Harry  Woodburn  Chase, 
Chancellor  of  New  York  University, 
will  collaborate  in  the  historical 
preparations. 


La  Crosse  Theaters  File 

$1 ,050,000  Trust  Action 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

Amusement  Co.  its  subsidiary,  Wel- 
worth  Theaters  of  Wisconsin,  and  its 
president,  Ed  Ruben. 

In  its  complaint,  the  La  Crosse 
company  asserted  that  it  operated 
five  houses  in  La  Crosse  until  Wel- 
worth  opened  the  Hollywood  sev- 
eral years  ago  and  that  since  then 
it  has  been  unable  to  get  adequate 
product.  The  company  charges  the 
defendants  with  an  unlawful  combi- 
nation in  an  effort  to  force  the  La 
Crosse   company   out   of  business. 


Counsel  for  major  companies  in- 
volved in  the  La  Crosse  anti-trust 
suit  said  yesterday  they  had  not 
been  served  with  papers  as  yet. 


N.  D.'S  DIVORCEMENT 
STATUTE  HELD  VALID 


Mass.  Public  Safety  Dept. 
Forbids  "Spain  in  Flames" 

(Continued  from   Page   1) 

which  had  been  sponsored  by  the 
Universalist  Church.  Granville 
Hicks,  Harvard's  councilor  in  his- 
tory, had  been  scheduled  to  speak. 
Showing  was  opposed  by  Knights 
of  Columbus  on  grounds  that  film 
was  communistic.  Department  of 
public  safety's  jurisdiction  is  con- 
fined to  Sundays.  Board  of  select- 
men will  meet  to  decide  if  action 
should  be  taken  to  prevent  showing 
week  days. 


First  Television  Theater 

Sets  a  Quarter  Admission 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

will  maintain  a  25-cent  admission. 
The  hall  has  a  capacity  of  100. 
Forty-five  minute  shows  are  ruo 
continuously  from  7  to  10  p.m.  every 
evening  except  Sunday,  and  it  is 
planned  to  continue  the  programs 
throughout  the   summer. 

Live  talent  alone  is  being  used 
at  the  present  time  as  the  Institute 
has  no  film  equipment  as  yet.  Mayor 
Maurice  J.  Tobin  of  Boston  spoke  on 
the  premiere  program. 

An  iconoscope  camera  is  being 
used.  The  receiver  is  a  catho-visor 
imported  from  England  which  is 
larger  than  those  used  in  this  coun- 
try, outside  of  experimental  labora- 
tories. 


National  Working  Agreement 
For  Musicians  and  Actors 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 
international    executive    council    for 
okay. 

National  working  agreement,  it 
is  understood,  will  parallel  that 
which  the  A  F  of  M  has  had  with 
the  IATSE  for  some  time.  Idea  was 
first  broached  by  Whitehead  several 
years  ago.  Musicians'  locals,  sounded 
out  in  the  interim,  have  responded 
favorably  as  did  the  musicians'  con- 
vention  at  Tampa  in  May. 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

remain  in  effect  until  the  final  dis- 
position of  the  case. 

The  North  Dakota  law,  which  was 
passed  by  the  last  legislature,  pro- 
hibits producers  and  distributors 
from  holding  any  interest  in  motion 
picture  theaters  in  the  state.  If  en- 
forced, Paramount  would  be  forced 
to  give  up  nine  theaters. 

The  theater  divorcement  law  was 
passed  in  March,  1937,  and  Para- 
mount announced  immediately  that 
it  would  file  a  test  case  to  deter- 
mine the  constitutionality  of  the 
act.  Hearings  and  depositions  were 
held  periodically  until  June  1  of  this 
year  when  the  case  went  before  the 
statutory  court.  Sessions  lasted  nine 
days,  during  which  sales  managers 
of  major  companies  were  called  to 
Fargo  to  give  testimony.  Hearings 
were  concluded  June  10  and  the 
judges  adjourned  to  St.  Paul  to  re7 
view  the  facts  they  had   collected. 


Personnel  of  SAG's  New 

Advisory  Board  Revealed 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

Stephen  Kent,  John  B.  Hyland, 
Ethel  B.  Curtis,  Edward  Lawrence, 
John  Neilan,  Philip  W.  Ober,  Bert 
Wilcox,  Florence  Auer,  and  Joseph 
Mclnerny. 

At  the  SAG  annual  meeting  last 
month  there  were  21  candidates 
nominated  for  the  board  posts. 


Minneapolis  —  Allied  members 
were  jubilant  yesterday  when  news 
was  flashed  that  North  Dakota's 
theater  divorcement  law  had  been 
upheld.  Celebration  was  centered 
at  the  Variety  Club  golf  tourney. 


"Complete  Vindication 

for  Allied",  Says  Myers 

Washington  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  'DAILY 
Washington  —  Abram  F.  Myers, 
general  counsel  of  Allied,  yesterday 
expressed  gratification  over  the  up- 
holding of  the  constitutionality  of 
North  Dakota's  theater  divorcement 
law. 

"This  is  complete  vindication," 
he  said,  "of  Allied's  position  that 
operation  of  motion  picture  theaters 
by  distributors  in  competition  with 
independent  theaters  which  are  de- 
pendent on  them  for  product  is  in- 
herently wrong.  Naturally,  I  am 
gratified  and  will  discuss  the  decis- 
ion in  detail  when  the  opinion  and 
findings    are   received." 


Herman  Weingarten  to  Build 
Twelve   Florida  Theaters 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

$1,250,000.  Weingarten  began  con- 
struction several  weeks  ago  of  the 
first  theater,  the  Cameo,  in  the  pro- 
posed string,  a  $100,000  structure 
at  Washington  Ave.  and  Espanola 
Way.  The  second  will  be  on  Collins 
Ave.  and  is  to  be  known  as  the  Surf 
Theater. 

During  the  past  25  years  Wein- 
garten has  constructed  some  40  the- 
aters and  continues  to  operate  some 
of  them  in  Brooklyn  and  Long  Is- 
land. 

Associated  with  Weingarten  in  his 
building  activities  is  his  daughter 
Miss  Henrietta  Weingarten. 


BB 


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Saturday,  July  16,  19: 


THEATERS 

•     ILLUMINATION 

•     PROJECTION 

•  UPHOLSTERY 


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BIRDSEYE  LIGHTING 

"STARS"  AT  ASTOR 


High  adaptability,  efficiency  and 
effectiveness  of  Birdseye  Reflector 
Lamps  for  the  illumination  of  both 
the  interior  and  exterior  of  the  mod- 
ern film  house  is  strikingly  evi- 
denced in  Broadway's  Astor  Theater 
were  the  Marie  Antoinette  Museum 
opened  on  Thursday,  last,  heralding 
the  forthcoming  debut  there  of  M- 
G-M's  new  Norma  Shearer  vehicle, 
'"Marie  Antoinette." 

Satisfactory  technical  lighting  of 
the  exposition,  —  comprising  cos- 
tumes, furniture,  paintings,  memen- 
toes and  various  art  objects  associ- 
ated with  the  life  of  the  French 
queen  and  the  picture  itself, — pre- 
sented an  unusual  problem  in  illum- 
ination. This  was  solved  by  Harry 
Moscowitz,  chief  of  construction  and 
maintenance  for  M-G-M,  and  his  as- 
sistants, George  Erkman,  Dave 
Jacobs,  Sol  Sommer  and  Sam  Dob- 
bins, in  collaboration  with  Charles 
Ross,  head  of  Charles  Ross,  Inc., 
distributors  of  the  Birdseye  Reflec- 
tor Lamps,  and  Edward  Avedon  of 
the  Ross  organization. 

The  lamps,  made  in  13  permanent 
colors  fused  into  the  glass  and  avail- 
able commercially  with  either  indi- 
vidual swivel  or  built-in  swivel,  were 
selected  by  Moscowitz  to  provide 
lighting  which  would  cause  no  glare 
to  the  attending  public,  whether 
walking  around  the  exposition's 
floor,  or  on  the  stage  itself  where 
a  giant  screen,  containing  salient  in- 
formation and  statistics  on  the  ex- 
hibits, is  superbly  lighted  without  a 
semblance  of  glare  by  eight  Birds- 
eye  Lamps,  utilizing  only  1,600 
watts,  installed  in  clusters  of  four 
on  either  side  of  the  proscenium. 

A  single  spot  illuminates  a  costly 
antique  clock,  and  another  standout 
effect  is  achieved  in  the  lighting  of 
a  bronze  statue  of  a  horse.  White 
light,  via  the  Birdseye  Lamps,  is 
used  under  the  Astor's  marquee,  the 
installation  being  similar  to  that 
which  Ross  used  for  the  New  York 
run  of  "In  Old  Chicago,"  when  pho- 
tographers were  enabled  to  dispense 
(.Continued  on  Page  6) 


FOREST 


MAGNESIUM-COPPER  SULPHIDE 

RECTIFIERS 


Ugh,   Wyandotte! 

Detroit — Wyandotte  has  been  selected 
as  the  name  for  the  Associated  Thea- 
ters' new  1,400-seat  house  at  Wyan- 
dotte. Theater  will  have  an  Indian 
motif  throughout,  with  the  symbolic  In- 
dian  drawing  a   bow   stressed. 

Contract  for  Simplex  Four  Star  Type 
B  sound,  Hertner  generator,  Crestwood 
carpeting,  and  Walker  screen  was 
awarded  to  National  Theater  Supply, 
while  the  contract  for  seating  went 
to   American   Seating   Co. 


New  Tri-State  Mansfield 
Theater  Opens  Labor  Day 

Mansfield,  0.— The  new  Park  The- 
ater, being  constructed  here  by  the 
Tri-State  Theaters,  Inc.,  with  head- 
quarters in  Steubenville,  at  a  cost 
of  $150,000  is  under  roof  and  will 
be  opened  about  Labor  Day,  George 
Delis,  district  manager  has  an- 
nounced. The  new  house  will  have 
seating  accommodations  for  1750. 

The  Tri-State  Theaters,  operates 
movie  houses  in  Canton,  East  Liver- 
pool, Niles,  Portsmouth,  Steuben- 
ville and  other  upper  Ohio  valley 
cities.  Policy  tentatively  agreed  on 
is  subsequent  run  films. 


Cuts  Down  Carbon  Use 

Chicago — Raymond  Kenney  of  the 
Warner  Theaters  circuit  reports  he 
has  developed  large  savings  in  the 
use  of  carbons  by  using  National 
Theater  Supply  14-inch  carbons. 
Says  their  booth  men  get  three  full 
reels  of  5400  feet  with  the  use  of 
these  positive  carbons.  They  use 
AshCraft  lamp  houses  which  pull 
67  amperes  with  Hertner  convert- 
ers. 


New  Flexwood  Distrib. 

Chicago  —  A  new  company  has 
been  organized  here  by  E.  H.  Cas- 
sells,  A.  S.  Rae  and  W.  S.  War- 
field,  Jr,  to  distribute  Flexwood, 
adaptable  to  theater  use  The  Flex- 
wood Company  will  have  headquart- 
ers at  310  S.  Michigan  Ave. 


New  Booth  Equipment 

Houma,  La.— The  Fox  is  installing 
new  booth   equipment. 


20,000,000 


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Dictograph  Products  Co.,  Inc. 

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ACOUSTICON 


Eberson  Now  Remodeling 

Seven  Schine  Theaters 


Taking  advantage  of  the  summer 
business  lull,  the  following  houses 
of  the  Schine  Circuit  are  closed  tem- 
porarily for  remodeling,  all  of  which 
work  is  in  charge  of  John  Eberson, 
film  theater  architect:  Colonia,  Nor- 
wich, N.  Y.;  Strand,  Amsterdam; 
Capitol,  Ilion;  Liberty,  Herkimer; 
Rialto,  Little  Falls;  and  the  Raven- 
na and  Kent  theaters  at  Ravenna 
and  Kent,  Ohio,  respectively. 

Principal  items  entering  into  this 
remodeling  program  are  acoustical 
improvements,  wide-scope  decora- 
tion, new  seats  and  the  re-arrange- 
ment of  lobbies  and  retiring  rooms. 
In  most  cases,  ventilation  and  air 
conditioning  systems  are  being  in- 
stalled, in  keeping  with  the  require- 
ments of  each  house. 


Remodeling  Job  to  E  &  F 

Bridgeport,  Conn.  —  The  Cameo 
Theater,  1420-seat  Warner  house,  is 
darkened  for  a  three-  to  four-week 
stretch,  during  which  time  it  will 
undergo  remodeling,  redecoration, 
reseating  and  equipment  with  new 
marquee.  E.  &  F  Construction  Co. 
will  do  remodeling,  while  American 
Seating  has  the  chair  contract. 


Install  GE  System 

Fairfield,  Conn.  —  Fishman  The- 
aters, Inc.,  is  installing  a  General 
Electric  heating  and  cooling  system 
in  the  Community  Theater.  Con- 
tract has  been  signed  for  the  most 
modern  General  Electric  air  condi- 
tioning outfit  for  the  Dixwell,  Ham- 
den,  now  being  reconstructed. 


Has  "Rock-a  Fella"  Chairs 

Chippewa  Falls,  Wis.  —  Miner 
Amusement  Co.  has  opened  its  new 
700-seat  Falls  Theater  here.  House 
has  eight  loges  fitted  with  "Rock-a 
fella"  chairs  and  is  equipped  with 
three  types  of  hearing  aides. 


Milavetz  Plans  Wis.  House 

Hurley,  Wis.  —  With  local  resi- 
dents seeking  a  Federal  grant  to 
permit  erection  of  a  theater,  Frank 
Milavetz  of  Ironwood,  Mich.,  has 
announced  the  purchase  of  a  site  for 
the  construction  of  a  new  theater. 


Celotex  Names  Greenwood 

Chicago  —  Marvin  Greenwood  has 
been  named  assistant  sales  manager 
of  the  Celotex  Corp.,  succeeding  Lee 
Bartholomew  who  goes  to  England 
as  sales  manager  of  Celotex,  Ltd., 
the  English  affiliate. 


DISTINCTIVE     LIGHTING     FEATURES 

Architects    and    theatre    owners    are 

invited  to  bring  in  their  lighting 

problems. 

CHARLES  J.  WEINSTEIN  &  CO.,  INC. 
2  W.  47th  St.,  N.  Y.  C.         BRyant  9-1936-7-8 


■  MARQUEEi 

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By  FRANCh"  * 
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year, — particularly  during 
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attracting  attention,  gaining  ii 
to  the  passerby  depends. 

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theater  which  institutes  and 
which,  all  other  factors  being 
of  the  less  astute  competitor. 

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buildings  or  narrow  streets  m 
is  achieved  by  the  triangular 
fabricated  units. 


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STUDIOS 

•     AIR  CONDITIONING 
•     TECHNICAL 
•     SUPPLIES 


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Lmplete  Decorating  and  Draperies 
Murals — Draperies — Stage   Curtains 
ccialists  in  Creation  of  Smart  Interiors 


(VELTY  SCENIC  STUDIOS,  Inc. 

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Kroeschell  Installing 

Westinghouse  Equipment 

Chicago  —  Kroeschell  Engineering 
Co.  has  closed  contracts  with  the 
Great  States  circuit  for  the  fol- 
lowing Westinghouse  air  condition- 
ing equipment.  The  Plumb  Theater 
at  Streator,  a  25  horse  power  in- 
stallation; the  Lincoln  Theater  at 
Decatur,  two  25  horse  power  outfits; 
the  Castle  Theater  at  Bloomington, 
a  50  horse  power  job;  the  State 
Theater  at  South  Bend,  Ind.,  a  B  & 
K  unit  has  installed,  a  65  horse 
power  job.  The  Paramount  Film 
Exchange  at  Indianapolis  and  the 
Commonwealth  Edison  Auditorium 
in  Chicago  have  also  been  equipped 
with  the  latest  type  Westinghouse 
air    conditioning    equipment. 


Krass  Improves  the  Dix 

Detroit— The  Dix  Theater  on  Ver- 
non Highway,  west  side  house,  has 
been  remodeled.  A  new  enamel  front 
has  been  installed  by  Rogvoy  & 
Wright,  Detroit  architects.  E.  A. 
Long  &  Co.  have  erected  a  new  mar- 
quee, and  the  seating  capacity  has 
been  increased  by  100  seats  furn- 
ished by  the  International  Seating 
Co.  House  is  operated  by  Jack 
Krass. 


Porcelain  Enamel  Front 

Detroit  —  Thomas  D.  Moule  and 
David  Newman  have  added  a  new 
porcelain  enamel  front  to  the  Sher- 
idan Theater  recently  taken  over  by 
them.  An  attractive  V-shaped  mar- 
quee, carrying  the  name  of  the  the- 
ater on  the  sides  of  the  V  and 
brightly  illumined,  has  been  erected 
by  E.  A.  Long  &  Co. 


Contract  to  Eugenio 

Detroit — William  Szypulski,  own- 
er of  the  Conant  Theater,  east  side 
house,  has  let  contract  for  remodel- 
ling and  redecorating  to  Antonio 
Eugenio. 


Display  Econarc  Lamps 

Detroit  —  McArthur  Theater 
Equipment  Co.  is  displaying  first 
models  of  the  new  Brenkert  Econarc 
lamps,  with  streamlined  design  and 
ultra  modern  chrome  and  brilliant 
red  fittings. 


i\eam  Carbon  Release 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood — Bob  Brandt  has  just  been 
granted  a  patent  tor  a  carbon  release 
that  can  be  adapted  to  all  types  of 
arc  lamps.  A  lamp  equipped  with  this 
release  is  silenced  to  the  point  where 
it  may  be  used  right  next  to  the  cam- 
era; and  it  will  require  only  one-tenth 
ot  the  time  to  retrim,  it  is  claimed. 
This  release  will  save  approximately 
one-third  of  the  carbon  cost;  and  it 
will  save  60  per  cent  of  the  mainten- 
ance and  upkeep  on  the  mechanism  of 
the   lamp,   it   is  added. 


COOL 
VALANCES 

Outright  sales  basis.  Made 
from  heavy  silk  or  canvas  and 
will  fit  any  marquee.  Banners 
are  fast  color  and  durable. 
Ask  for  free  catalogue. 
Prices  are  lowest. 

LIBERMAN  FLAG  &  VALANCE  CO. 

247  W.  46th  St.  New  York  City 


Chicago  Area  Exhibitors 
Contemplate  Redecorating 

Chicago — Theaters  here  are  plan- 
ning to  redecorate  this  Fall,  if  busi- 
ness improves,  according  to  an  ex- 
ecutive of  a  leading  carpet  company, 
whose  office  has  recently  received 
inquiries  from  independents  and  cir- 
cuits on  carpets,  draperies  and  other 
accessories. 

Broadloom  carpeting  is  being 
freely  sampled  by  the  theaters  in- 
terested and  the  trend  is  toward 
this  type  of  floor  covering,  accord- 
ing to  the  exec.  Some  theaters  are 
using  narrow  runners  in  the  aisles 
even  when  the  entire  floor  is  cov- 
ered. 


NTS  GULF  STATES  BIZ 
JUMPS  40%  IN  JUNE 


New  Orleans — June  of  1938  was 
way  ahead  of  June,  1937,  in  theater 
improvements  and  equipment  sales, 
figures  of  the  National  Theater  Sup- 
ply Service  in  New  Orleans  show. 
National  claims  a  40  per  cent  in- 
crease for  the  past  month,  while 
other  theater  firms  show  a  corres- 
ponding sales  hike.  The  increase  is 
thought  due  in  a  great  measure  to 
approximately  six  new  theaters  con- 
structed   in    the    territory. 


Remodel  Theater  Front 

Detroit— The  Royal  Theaters  at 
Royal  Oak,  northend  suburb  is  re- 
modeling its  front  and  lobby.  Work 
is  being  done  by  Rogvoy  &  Wright, 
architects,  of  Detroit.  House  is 
owned  by  Charlie  Komer  and  Gold- 
berg Brothers. 


English  Bros.  Get  Job 

Chicago  —  English  Brothers  have 
been  awarded  the  contract  for  the 
modernization  of  the  Rialto  Theater 
in  Champaign.  George  Ramey  drew 
the  plans  for  the  job. 


"ONE    WOMAN'S   ANSWER 


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Install  Alexander  Smith  Carpets  in  your  theatre  and 
you'll  go  a  long  way  towards  answering  the  question 
of  how  to  attract  more  patrons  .  .  .  one  reason  why 
you  will  find  these  famous  carpets  in  most  of  the 
country's  successful  theatres. 

ALEXANDER  SMITH  CARPET 


DAILY 


Saturday,  July  16,  19^ 


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Small  theatres  are  keeping  up  with 
the  times  and  making  it  pay  by 

modernizing  with  Simplex  Four  Star 
Sound  System.  Progressive  owners 
are  improving  conditions  and  meet- 
ing competition  by  increasing  the 
comfort  and  enjoyment  of  patrons. 
This  is  in  line  with  the  modern  trend 
in  all  fields.  Better  sound  means 
better  business. 


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$550,000  Building  and  Modernization 
Program  in  Toronto  and  Ont.  Province 


Toronto  —  Building,  altering  and 
modernizing  of  theaters  now  in 
progress  in  Toronto  and  other  cen- 
ters in  Ontario  indicates  a  height- 
ened activity.  With  work  already 
underway  and  new  buildings  either 
definitely  planned  or  under  consid- 
eration, it  is  estimated  the  program 
represents  an  outlay  of  at  least 
$550,000. 

In  Toronto,  where  Goldhar  and 
Solway  plan  to  break  ground  on 
Eglinton  Ave.  for  a  new  700-seat 
house  within  a  few  days,  Famous 
Players  Canadian  Corp.  has  bought 
a  site  for  a  new  theater  on  the  same 
street,  though  actual  building  may 
not  take  place  until  the  company 
deems  the  demand  for  more  theater 
accommodation  in  that  area  war- 
rants  it. 

There  is  also  a  report  that  a  new 
theater,  seating  700,  is  being  planned 
for  erection  at  the  corner  of  West 
Bloor   Street  and  Manning  Ave. 

In  Gait,  where  Goldar  and  Solway 
are  just  completing  the  construc- 
tion of  their  new  theater,  scheduled 
to  open  in  August,  Famous  Players' 
Canadian  Corp.  has  ordered  resump- 
tion of  work  on  its  Regent  Theater, 
which  will  be  reopened  as  the  New 
Royal. 

Alteration  work  now  in  progress 
in  Toronto  includes  a  $15,000  job  at 


the  Regent  Theater,  under  direction 
of  Jay  I.  English,  the  architect, 
where  a  new,  modernistic  front,  new 
seating  and  air  conditioning  are 
under  way,  and  changes  at  the  Roy- 
al Theater,  under  supervision  of 
Kaplan  &  Sprachman,  architects, 
will  include  redecorating,  new  seats 
and  air  conditioning. 

In  Tillsonburg,  where  Robert 
Hambleton,  who  owns  theaters  in 
other  Ontario  towTis,  will  build  a 
theater  to  cost  $50,000,  it  is  report- 
ed that  Famous  Players  also  is  pro- 
posing to  build  a  playhouse  to  cost 
$75,000,  with  the  site  likely  to  be 
on    Broadway. 

At  a  cost  of  $60,000,  the  Palace 
Theater  in  London,  is  to  undergo  ex- 
tensive remodelling. 

In  Hamilton,  a  motion  picture 
theatre  will  be  incorporated  in  a 
building  purchased  on  James  Street 
by  the  Colonial  Reality  Company. 

R.  D'Hondt  has  let  a  contract 
for  construction  of  a  new  theater 
for  him  in  Dalhi,  Ont.,  the  Ley  Con- 
struction Company  of  Toronto  hav- 
ing been  awarded  the  work. 

In  Thorold,  Ont.,  the  Tivoli  is 
undergoing  extensive  renovation 
work  and  at  Fort  Francis,  Ont.,  $7,- 
000  is  being  spent  in  alterations. 

The  Royal,  in  Bowmanville,  Ont., 
also  is  being  altered  the  work  in- 
cluding a  new  front  and  marquee. 


Mogul!  Bros.  Moves  to  New 
Quarters  on  W.  48th  Street 

Mogull  Bros.,  formerly  located  in 
the  Bronx,  have  moved  into  their 
new  quarters  at  68  W.  48th  St.,  oc- 
cupying two  floors.  They  will  con- 
tinue to  specialize  in  the  sale  and 
rental  of  8,  9y2,  16  and  35  mm. 
cameras  and  equipment  of  all  kinds. 
In  addition  to  a  complete  repair  and 
service  department  for  35  mm.  cam- 
eras, Mogull  Bros,  will  offer  one  of 
the  largest  16  mm.  silent  and  sound 
libraries  in  the  country.  They  also 
hold  exclusive  world  rights  on  "Be- 
fore the  White  Man  Came"  in 
16  mm.   sound. 


New  Celotex   Booklet 

Chicago — The  Celotex  Co.  is  re- 
leasing a  new  booklet  on  "Less 
Noise    and   Better   Hearing"   to   the 

theater  trade. 


Birdseye  Lighting  System 
Installed  in  Astor  Theater 


(Continued  from  Page  4) 

with  using  their  flash  bulbs  for  the 
taking  of  pictures. 

The  Ross  organization  pointed  out 
yesterday  that  should  M-G-M  take 
the  Marie  Antoinette  Museum  to 
other  cities,  the  lighting  equipment 
now  being  used  at  the  Astor  is  high- 
ly portable  and  very  simple  and  eco- 
nomical to  transport  as  well  as  to 
operate. 


Dyer  Supply  Fills  Orders 

Oklahoma  City  —  Dyer  Theater 
Supply  Co.  has  sold  a  22,000  cu.  ft. 
U.  S.  Air  Conditioning  unit  to  B. 
C.  Crown  for  his  Crown  Theater  in 
Borger,  Texas,  and  a  new  Mueller 
furnace  to  Glenn  Thompson  for  his 
Thompson  Theater  at  Healdeton. 


m  MARQUEE  ILLUMINATION  ® 

A  Builder  of  Revenue 

(Continued  from  Page  5) 

sisted  of  a  large  luminous  glass  panel;  but  often  this  does  not  present 
sufficient  brightness  unless  combined  with  exposed  lamps  either  as  a 
soffit  edging  or  by  the  abundant  use  of  exposed  lamps  in  the  vertical 
sign  and  attraction  sign  borders. 

It  is  possible  to  do  little  more  than  suggest  the  myriad  combina- 
tions of  elements,  color  and  technique  that  is  possible  in  achieving 
dominance  and  individuality  in  luminous  display. 


EXHIBITOR! 

ARE 
MODERNIZINC 

No  matter  how  lavishly  it  may  i 
decorated  a  theatre  can  only  be  i 
good  as  its  mechanical  equipmen 
Naturally  modern  patrons  deman 
comfortable  seats  and  tasteful  su 
roundings.  Yet  these  same  patroi 
unconsciously  depend  on  the  be 
in  mechanical  equipment.  Only  ill 
best  of  equipment  can  serve  to  repr< 
duce  the  modern  scientific  methoc 
of  picture  production  and  photogn 
phy.  If  your  projection  equipment  i 
becoming  obsolete  get  in  touch  wit 
your  nearest  supply  company. Wha 
ever  you  spend  for  better  machiner 
in  the  mechanical  operation  of  you 
theatre  is  indeed  a  wise  investmer 
for  it  assures  you  of  steady  patror 

age>  CHARLES  E.  ("CHICK")  LEWI 

Editor  and  Publisher,  Showmen's  Trade  Revie< 


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THEATER 

CHANGES 

Theater  Closings-Openings-New  Honses-Renovations-Ownership  Changes 

A  Nation-wide  Survey  of  Theater  Conditions  Conducted  Exclusively  for  THE  FILM  DAILY  by 

Theater  Closings 

COLORADO 

jenver— Mission  (6-26-38);  Own- 
_ '/C.  M.  Stowell;  Summer  slump. 
,  Georgetown  —  Loop  (6-26-38); 
ummer  slump. 

Lyons— Lyons    (6-26-38);    Owner: 
.  A.  Dick;  Summer  slump. 
Denver— Park    (6-26-38);    Owner: 
iave  Cockrill;  Summer  slump. 

Denver— Tivoli    (6-26-38);   Owner: 
id  Maple;  Summer  slump. 
Denver    —    Alameda       (6-26-38); 
\vner:     Civic     Theaters;     Summer 
ump. 

GEORGIA 
La    Grange— Ritz    (7-2-38);    Own- 
■:  0.  L.  Gaston;   Changing  owner- 
lip. 

La    Grange    —   Family    (7-2-38); 
•\vner:     0.     L.     Gaston;     Changing 
nership. 

ILLINOIS 
Bloomington  —  Front      (7-1-38); 
•  wner:  Arthur  F.  Montgomery;  Not 
nough  business. 

INDIANA 
Evansville   —   Grand       (6-30-38); 
Iwner:   Hassensall;   Remodeling. 

Angola— Strand  (6-22-38);  Own- 
r:  Geo.  Hall;  Brokaw  Theater  took 
ver  lease. 

IOWA 
Montezuma  —  Princess     (6-30-38) ; 
)wner:    John    Davis;    Purchased   by 
ompetitor  to  be  dismantled. 
KENTUCKY 
Maysville   —   Russell       (6-14-38); 
)wner:  J.  B.  Russell;  Renovating. 
MARYLAND 
Bishopville   —   Ringler    (all    sum- 
ner);  Owner:  Harry  Ringler. 
MASSACHUSETTS 
Orleans— Orleans  (6-29-38);  Own- 
r:  Orleans  Amusement  Co. 

MICHIGAN 
Detroit  — Ray    (6-20-38);    Owner: 
2.  S.  Van  Piper;   Financial   difficul- 
ies. 

PENNSYLVANIA 
Lebanon  —  Auditorium    (7-2-38); 
Owner:  Finch;  Renovation. 
VERMONT 
Brattleboro    —    Latchis    (7-2-38); 
Dwner:  D.  Latchis  &  Sons;  To  be  ab- 
;orbed  by  new  theater. 
VIRGINIA 
Petersburg   —    State       (6-29-38); 
Owner:   Barney;    Too   many   colored 
.heaters. 

WYOMING 
Pine    Bluffs  —  Pastime    (6-26-38); 
Owner:  C.  M.  Enloe;  Summer  slump. 


Theater  Openings 


KENTUCKY 

Maysville— Shines  Russell  (6-30- 
38);  Owner:  Shine  Circuit;  House 
Manager:  Edward  May;  Previously 
:losed  June  14. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Pittsfield  —  Colonial  (beginning 
July). 


MICHIGAN 

Detroit— Kramer,  1,732  seats  (9- 
1-38);  Owner:  Ben  Cohen;  Previous- 
ly  closed    March,   1938. 

NEBRASKA 

Elmcreek— Elm  (7-15-38);  Owner: 
Peter  Fakas. 

NEW  JERSEY 

Asbury  Park  —  Ocean,  580  seats 
(6-25-38);  Owner:  W.  Reade;  Housf 
Manager:  Mr.  Miller;  Previously 
closed  fall  1937. 

OHIO 

Cols — Lincoln,  approximately  900 
seats  (6-19-38);  Owner:  J.  Real 
Neth;    Previously   closed   May    15. 

VIRGINIA 

Amelia — Amelia,  between  350  and 
400   seats;    Owner:    Stock   Company. 


New  Theater 
Openings 


GEORGIA 

Macon — Dixie  (Negro  house),  300 
seats,  to  be  opened  June,  1938; 
Vineville  Section;  Builder:  Mr.  Peck. 

IOWA 

Dysart  —  Avon  (July  3);  House 
Manager:   Howard  Pollard. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Orleans  —  Orleans,  600  seats  (6- 
30-38);  Kingshighway;  Builder: 
Samuel  Poorvu;  Architect:  Clements 
&  Frear;  Cost:  $70,000;  House  Man- 
ager: C.  S.  Wilcox. 

MICHIGAN 

Lake  Orion  —  Lake  (7-1-38); 
Builder:  Richard  Ingram;  House 
Manager:   Richard   Ingram. 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

Jacksonville  —  Onslow,  550  seats 
(5-23-38);  Builder:  L.  B.  Tomlinson; 
Ai-chitect:  L.  B.  Tomlinson;  Cost: 
$9,000;  House  Manager:  S.  Thomp- 
son. 


Theaters  Under 
Construction 


CALIFORNIA 

Oakland — Laurel,  tentative,  2,100 
seats,  Brown  and  Hopkins  Sts.; 
Builder:  Karski;  Architect:  Karski; 
Operator:  Karski. 

Oakland — East  Lake  (tentative), 
2,500  seats;  Fruitvale  Ave.  and  E. 
14th  St.;  Operator:  Golden  State. 

ILLINOIS 

Metropolis  —  Massac,  800  seats, 
center  of  town  on  Hy  Way;  Build- 
er: E.  Cluster;  Architect:  L.  S. 
Steigmeyer;  Cost:  $30,000;  to  be 
completed   8-18-38. 

MICHIGAN 

Saline  —  Saline;  Operator:  Louis 
Lash  and  M.  T.  Gilpin. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Emlenton — New,  350  seats,  Main 
St.;  Cost:  $25,000;  To  be  completed 
9-1-38. 


VERMONT 

Brattleboro  — ■  Latchis  Memorial, 
1,200  seats,  Main  St.;  Builder:  D. 
Latchis  &  Sons;  Architect:  Peter 
Latchis;  Cost:  $600,000;  Operator: 
Latchis  Circuit;  To  be  completed 
8-1-38. 


Theaters  Planned 


CALIFORNIA 

Los  Angeles — Clinton,  900  seats, 
526  N.  Western  Ave.;  Builder:  Kin- 
gen  &  Lichty;  Architect:  Raphael 
Anickolais;  Cost:  $100,000;  Opera- 
tor:  C.  W.  Blake. 

ILLINOIS 

Barry — Clark,  500  seats;  Owner: 
Clark  Armentrout. 

INDIANA 

Milltown — State,  275  seats,  Main 
St.;  Builder:  Condx-a  Construction 
Co.;  Architect:  Samuel  Condra; 
Cost:  $18,000;  Operator:  Robt. 
Harned  and  L.  R.  Condra. 

MINNESOTA 

Eveleth — New;  Builder:  John  Paz- 
zeli. 

OHIO 

Sylvania— Sylvan,  500  seats,  Main 
St.;  Builder:  Carl  E.  Mehring; 
Architect:  Carl  E.  Mehring;  Cost: 
$30,000;    Operator:    Paul    Pontious. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Philadelphia — Adelphia,  700  seats, 
1453-55  N.  52nd  St.;  Architect:  D. 
Supowitz;  Operator:  Affiliated  The- 
aters Circuit,  Inc. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

Anderson  —  New,  about  1,000 
seats,  corner  E.  Whitner  and  Mc- 
Duffie;  Builder:  Publix;  Cost:  $90,- 
000. 


Renovations 
Planned 


CONNECTICUT 

Shelton — Shelton;  Work  Planned: 
Redecorating  and  lighting;  Owner: 
New  Haven  Amusement  Co.;  To  be 
completed  Aug.  1. 

Waterbury — State;  Work  Planned: 
Air-conditioned;  Owner:  Warner 
Bros.;  To  be  completed  July  15. 

NEW  YORK 

Norwich — Colonia;  Work  Planned: 
Complete  renovation,  new  front  and 
marquee;  Owner:  Schine  Circuit; 
To  be   completed   July   16. 

OHIO 

Cleveland — Doan;  Work  Planned: 
Remodeling  of  lobby  to  include  cov- 
ering of  old  stucco  walls  with 
veneer  paneling;  new  dome  ceiling 
lights  will  be  added;  column  posts 
will  be  recovered  in  modern  color 
glass  and  between  posts  walls  be 
draped;  Owner:  Associated  Circuit; 
To  be  completed  about  Aug.  1. 


PENNSYLVANIA 

Vandevgrift— Casino;  Work  Plan- 
ned: Complete  renovation,  enlarge, 
new  seats  and  marquee,  etc.;  Own- 
er: Manos;  To  be  completed  Sept.  1. 

Chester  —  Lyric;  Work  Planned: 
New  Seating;  Owner:  Leo  Pozell;  to 
be  completed  June  30. 

Chester — Apollo;  Work  Planned: 
Entire  renovation,  new  front,  new 
ceiling,  new  carpet  sets;  Ow^ner: 
Margolis;  To  be  completed  soon  as 
possible. 


Change  in 
Ownership 


DELAWARE 

Delmar  —  Delmar,  transferred  to 
Norris  W.  Tingle  by  Robt.  W.  Holt; 
House   Manager:   Norris   W.   Tingle. 

GEORGIA 

La  Grange — Ritz,  transferred  to 
C.  C.  Lam  by  O.  L.  Gaston;  House 
Manager:  J.  E.  Wilson 

La  Grange  —  Family,  transferred 
to  O.  C.  Lam  by  O.  I.  Gaston;  House 
Manager:  O.  L.  Gaston. 

ILLINOIS 

Hoofeston  —  Ada,  transferred  to 
Wm.  McMullen  by  M.  J.  Fuller; 
House  Manager:  Wm.  McMullen. 

INDIANA 

Angola  —  Strand,  transferred  to 
Joe  Brokaw  by  Geo.  Hall. 

IOWA 

Woodbine  —  Iowa  or  Woodbine, 
transferred  to  Wallace  D.  Deupree 
by  Chas.  Shaffer;  House  Manager: 
Deupree. 

Oskalousa — Rivola,  transferred  to 
Central  States  Theater  Corp.  by 
Staak  &  Pierce;  House  Manager: 
Staak  &  Pierce. 

Oskalousa — Mahaska,  transferred 
to  Central  States  Theater  Corp.  by 
Staak  &  Pierce;  House  Manager: 
Staak  &  Pierce. 

Oskalousa  —  Princess,  transferred 
to  Central  States  Theater  Corp.  by 
Staak  &  Pierce;  House  Manager: 
Staak  &  Pierce. 

NEW  YORK 

Narrowsburg — Community,  trans- 
ferred to  Harvey  D.  English  by  The 
Community  of  Narrowsburg;  House 
Manager:  Malcom  Dexter. 

OREGON 

Baker  —  Empire,  transferred  to 
Baker  Theaters,  Inc.,  by  Gus  Perk- 
ins; House  Manager:  Myrtle  Buck- 
miller. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

New  Castle — Cathedral,  transfer- 
red to  Dipson  Circuit  by  Chas. 
Freeman,  Sr.;  House  Manager: 
Chas.  Freeman,  Jr. 

VIRGINIA 

Rocky  Mount — Franklin,  transfer- 
red to  English  Bros. 

Petersburg — State,  transferred  to 
Barney  by  Mr.  Lassiter. 


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Did  you  know  that  hundreds  of  newspapers  have  adopted 
large  type  since  surveys  have  shown  that  39%  of  all 
people  thirty  years  old,  and  48%  of  all  people  of  age 
forty,  and  71%  of  those  at  fifty,  have  defective  eyesight? 

This  means  that  an  average  audience  of  adults  in- 
cludes 60%  or  more  of  people  with  subnormal  eyesight. 
It  is  now  proved  that  people  at  60  need  twice  as  much 
light  to  see  as  well  as  they  did  at  20. 

Motion  picture  engineers  are  now  recommending  screen 
brightness  much  higher  than  the  present  average.  You 
can  get  this  with  Simplified  High  Intensity  projection  at 


so  little  added  cost  that  one  extra  admission  will  cover  it. 
You  also  get  the  snow-white  light  which  makes  black  and 
white  pictures  better  and  color  pictures  natural. 

Low  intensity  projection  is  no  longer  economy  —  it  is 
extravagance.  It  doesn't  save  current  —  it  wastes  it. 
It  doesn't  satisfy  your  audience  —  it  brings  unfavorable 
comparison  with  the  more  than  5,000  theaters  which 
now  have  high  intensity  projection. 

Why  delay?  Cash  in  on  this  modern  projection  now. 
Write  for  booklet  of  pertinent  facts,  "The  Eternal 
Triangle  in  Picture  Projection." 


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NEW  YORK,  MONDAY,  JULY  18,  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


3ora.  Will  Fight  N.  D.  Divorce  Law  in  Supreme  Court 

/VARNERSJ9  WKS.  OPERATING  PROFIT,  $3,282,765 

ATSE  Ready  to  Carry  Winnipeg  Issue  to  Privy  Council 


anadian  Unions  to  Assist  in 
Fight  on  Picketing 
Judgment 

Winnipeg— Local  299,  IATSE,  will 
ght  "through  to  the  British  Privy 
ouncil  if  necessary"  for  a  reversal 
:  the  judgment  handed  down  by 
istice  Taylor  in  King's  Bench,  fin- 
ig  the  union  $1,000  for  damages 
jused  by  picketing  the  Park  The- 
;er  and  enjoining  it  from  further 
icketing.  E.  Turner,  president  of 
le  local  made  this  announcement 
>  the  Winnipeg  Trades  and  Labor 
ouncil. 

The  council  voted  to  grant  Tur- 
?r's  request  that  it  circularize  lo- 
il  branches  of  international  unions, 

her  trades  and  labor  councils  and 

(Continued  on  Page  4) 

ARA.  SETSRELEASE 

DATES  TO  DEC.  30 


With  three  pix  completed,  nine 
3W  in  production,  three  others  set 
i  go  within  the  week  and  six  addi- 
onally  in  preparation,  Paramount  is 
i  an  eviable  position  with  product 
>r  the  first  quarter  of  its  new  sea- 
m's program,  Neil  F.  Agnew,  vice- 

(Continued   on  Page   7) 

ynn  Farnol  Takes  Over 

UA  Ad  Dept.  Post  Today 

Lynn  Farnol  today  takes  over  his 
2w  post  as  United  Artists'  director 
f  publicity  and  advertising.  Mon- 
:>e  Greenthal,  who  has  been  head 
f  the  department,  becomes  exploi- 
ition  chief  and  in  charge  of  trade 
aper     advertising.     Ben     Washer, 

(Continued  on  Page  10) 


Politics    Hits    B.O. 

Oklahoma  City — The  current  political 
campaign  in  this  city  has  become  so 
intense  that  crowds  are  attending  al- 
most every  meeting  with  a  resultant 
slump  in  grosses  at  local  box  offices. 
Business  at  most  houses  during  the  last 
three  weeks  of  the  campaign  has  been 
around   65    and   70   per   cent   of    normal. 


Stay  for  More  Than  One  Show,  Urges  B  &  K 

Chicago — Balaban  &  Katz,  in  a  new  series  of  institutional  ads  in  the  dailies,  is 
urging  patrons  to  stay  for  more  than  one  show  on  the  torrid  days  and  enjoy  the  relief 
provided  by  the  theaters'  air  conditioning  plants.  Copy  points  out  the  first  plant 
was   installed   in   the   Central    Park   Theater   20  years  ago. 


DEFENDER'S  ROLE  FOR   U.S.  TO  INTERVENE 


RE'GANIZED  ACADEMY 


West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  Academy  of  Motion 
Picture  Arts  and  Sciences,  when  its 
sweeping  reorganization  is  com- 
plete, will  devote  itself,  in  part,  "to 
protect  the  industry  and  personnel 
against  unfair  attacks,"  according 
to  the  announced  statement  of  pol- 
icy. 

Additionally,     the     Academy    will 

(Continued   on  Page  7) 


IN  RKO  REORG.  CASE 


Intervention  of  the  Federal  Gov- 
ernment in  the  pending  RKO  reorg. 
proceedings  for  the  purpose  of  pre- 
senting evidence  and  argument  upon 
the  constitutionality  of  Section  77-B 
is  authorized  by  an  order  signed  by 
Federal  Judge  William  Bondy. 

Constitutionality  issue  has  been 
raised  by  three  creditors,  the  Copia 
Realty  Corp.,  H.  Cassell  &  Co.  and 

(Continued  on   Page   8) 


THE  WEEE  IN  REVIEW 

N.  D.  Divorce  Law  Upheld — Brit.   Pix  to  Metro 


By  GEORGE  H.  MORRIS 


DOMESTIC 

It  remained  for  the  week's  finale 
to  provide  the  outstanding  story  of 
the  seven-day  span.  Out  of  Fargo, 
N.  D.,  burst  word  that  the  constitu- 
tionality   of    Allied-advocated    thea- 


FOREIGN 

In  London,  Metro  announced  com- 
pletion of  a  deal  whereby  it  would 
handle  distribution  of  GB  and  Gains- 
borough product  throughout  the  U.K. 
American  GB  company,  it  was  said, 


(Continued  on  Page   10) 


Paramount  to  Take  Immediate  Steps 
to  Appeal  N.  D.  Divorcement  Decision 


Movie  Scouts  Will  Catch 
14  Play  Tryouts  This  Week 

Majors  Eastern  •  scouts  face  their 
heaviest  schedule  of  the  straw  hat 
season  this  week  when  summer  the- 
aters try  out  14  new  plays. 

Here's  the  "date  book"  of  the 
scouting  brigade: 

"The  Inner  Light,"  an  adaptation 
by  Worthington  Miner  of  a  play  by 

(Continued  on  Page  8) 


Paramount  will  take  immediate 
steps  to  appeal  the  action  of  a  three- 
judge  statutory  court  which  upheld 
the  constitutionality  of  North  Da- 
kota's theater  divorcement  law,  ac- 
cording to  Austin  C.  Keough,  Para- 
mount's  general  counsel.  Keough 
stated  over  the  week-end  that  pap- 
pers  would  be  prepared  shortly  and 
would  be  sent  direct  to  the  U.  S. 
Supreme  Court. 

Copies  of  the  judges'  opinions  are 

(Continued  on  Page  8) 


Earnings  for   Period    Equal   to 

$31.83  on  Preferred  80c 

on  Common 

Warners  and  subsidiary  compa- 
nies report  for  the  39  weeks  ending 
May  28  last,  a  net  operating  profit 
of  $3,282,765.03,  after  deducting  all 
charges  including  amortization  and 
depreciation  and  normal  Federal  in- 
come taxes,  but  without  providing 
for  Federal  surtaxes  on  undistrib- 
uted profits.  Thi's  compares  with 
a  net  operating  profit  of  $5,561,- 
032.16  after  similar  charges  for  the 
corresponding  period  the  previous 
year. 

The  net  profit  from  operations  for 
the    39    weeks,    before    charges    for 

(Continued  on  Page   10) 


CIRCUITS  CANCELLING 
SUMMER  SHUTTERINGS 


Despite  the  fact  that  about  10 
more  indie  theaters  have  been  added 
to  the  summer  dark  list  during  the 
past  two  weeks,  fewer  houses  have 
closed  in  the  Metropolitan  area  than 
were  originally  scheduled  to  be  shut- 

(Continued  on  Page   10) 


Sees  Major  Opportunity 

For  Films  in  Venezuela 


Venezuela,  with  a  "Three  Year 
Plan"  that  calls  for  a  $400,000,000 
public  works  program,  among  other 
things,  is  in  for  a  boom  period  that 
represents  a  major  opportunity  for 
film  biz  expansion,  according  to 
Maurice  "Red"  Silverstein,  until  last 

(Continued  on  Page   7) 


Warner  Greets  F.D.R. 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 
hollywood — Jack  L.  Warner,  vice- 
president  in  charge  of  Warners  produc- 
tion, was  the  only  representative  of  the 
motion  picture  industry  on  the  official 
reception  committee  named  to  greet 
President  Franklin  D.  Roosevelt  when 
he  arrived   in   Los  Angeles  Saturday. 


"iw 


DAILY 


Monday,  July  18,  193, 


Vol.  74,  No.  14        Mon,  July  18,  1938        10  Cents 


JOHN    W.    ALICOATE 


:      Publisher 


DONALD    M.    MERSEREAU      :     General    Manager 
CHESTER   B.   BAHN  :      :      :      :       :    Editor 


Published  daily  except  Sundays  and  Holidays 
at  1501  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y., 
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Alicoate,  President  and  Publisher;  Don- 
ald M.  Mersereau,  Secretary-Treasurer;  En- 
tered as  second  class  matter,  May  21,  1918, 
at  the  post-office  at  New  York,  N.  Y.  under 
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Address:  Filmday,  New  York.  Hollywood. 
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Blvd.,  Phone  Granite  6607.  London — Ernest 
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LLOYDS 


FILM  STORAGE  CORP. 
Storage   by   Reel  or   Vault 


729  Seventh  Ave. 
New    York    City  SECURITY 

BRvant    9-S600 


H  The  Broadway  Parade  ® 

Picture  and   Distributor  Theater 

Algiers     ( Wanger-United    Artists)     Music     Hall 

Port    of     Seven     Seas     (Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer     Picturesl Capitol 

Cowboy    from    Brooklyn     (Warner    Bros.    Pictures) Strand 

Professor     Beware     ( Harold     Lloyd-Paramount     Pictures) Paramount 

I'll    Give    a    Million     (20th    Century-Fox) Roxy 

Marriage      Forbidden      (Grand     National      Pictures) Criterion 

Prison    Farm     (Paramount    Pictures) Loew's    State 

Prison     Break      (Universal     Pictures) Rialto 

Three    Blind    Mice    (20th    Century-Fox)     (a-b) Palace 

Gold   Diggers   in   Paris    (Warner   Bros.    Pictures)    (a) Palace 

Three    on    a     Week-End     (Gaumont     British) — 2nd    week Little    Carnegie 

We're   Coing   to   be    Rich    (20th    Century-Fox) — 2nd   week Globe 

Outlaw   Express    (Universal   Pictures)    (a) Central 

Held    for   Ransom    (Grand    National    Pictures)     (a) Central 

♦  FOREIGN  LANGUAGE  FEATURES    ♦ 

If   War   Comes    Tomorrow    ( Amkino) Cameo 

A    Different    Foreign    Picture    Every    Two    Days 5th    Ave.    Playhouse 

♦    FUTURE  OPENINGS    ♦ 

The    Amazing    Dr.    Clitterhouse     (Warner    Bros.     Pictures) — July    20 Strand 

Sky    Giant    (RKO    Radio    Pictures)— July    20 Rialto 

Love   Finds  Andy   Hardy    (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Pictures) — July  21 Capitol 

Little    Miss    Broadway    (20th    Century-Fox) — July    22     (tentative) Roxy 

The    Rage    of    Paris     (Universal    Pictures) — July    25     (a-b) Palace 

Crime    Ring    (Warner    Bros.    Pictures) — July    25    (a) Palace 

The   Texans    (Taramount    Pictures) — July   27 Paramount 

Marie     Antoinette      (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer     Pictures) — Aug.      16      (d) Astor 

The    Young    in    Heart    (United   Artists)     (c) Music    Hall 

(a)    Dual    bill,      (b)    Subsequent    run.      (c)    Follows    current    bill,      (d)    Two-a-day    run. 


Boston  Industry  Outing 

At  Marshfield  on  Aug.  16 


Boston — The  Motion  Picture  and 
Allied  Industries  of  Boston  will  hold 
a  gala  outing  at  Fieldston,  Marsh- 
field,  on  August  16.  Elaborate  prepa- 
rations are  being  made  by  all  organ- 
izations connected  with  motion  pic- 
ture theaters. 

The  committee  in  charge  of  the 
outing  is  composed  of  Major  P.  F. 
Healey,  chairman;  James  Burke,  co- 
chairman;  Bill  Cuddy,  secretary; 
Steve  Broidy,  treasurer;  and  Dave 
Whalen,  publicity. 

Among  the  organizations  aiding 
the  affair  are  the  Friars'  Club, 
Cinema  Club,  Salesmen's  Club,  Inde- 
pendent Exhibitors,  Lt.  Vernon  Ma- 
cauley  Theatrical  Post  of  the  Amer- 
ican Legion,  the  several  theater 
supply  houses,  Exchange  Employees, 
Theater  Employees,  Operator's 
Union,  Stage  Hands,  Film  Exchange 
Transfer  and  the  Allied  Theaters  of 
Massachusetts. 


Fabian  Theaters  to  Hold 

Golf  Tourney  Tuesday 


Michael  Balcon  Joins  ATP 
To  Produce  With  R.  T.  Baker 


London  (By  Cable) — Michael  Bal- 
con, who  recently  resigned  from 
M-G-M's  British  unit,  has  joined 
ATP  with  headquarters  at  the  Eal- 
ing Studios.  He  will  produce  for 
ATP  a  series  of  features  in  asso- 
ciation with  Reginald  T.  Baker,  man- 
aging director  of  the  ATP  studios. 
First  picture  will  be  based  on  Edgar 
Wallace's  comedy  thriller,  "The 
Gaunt  Stranger,"  script  for  which 
has  been  prepared  by  Sydney  Gilliat 
who  has  been  associated  with  Balcon 
for  some  years.  S.  C.  Balcon  will 
be  associate  producer.  Second  pro- 
duction will  be  an  adaptation  by 
Robert   Stevenson   and   Roland  Pert- 


New  Haven  Projectionists 

To  Discuss  Emergencies 


The  first  Fabian  Theaters  Golf 
Tournament  will  be  held  tomor- 
row at  the  Preakness  Hills  Country 
Club,  Paterson,  N.  J.  (25  minutes 
from  the  George  Washington 
Bridge).  The  program  calls  for  golf, 
tennis,  swimming,  food  and  refresh- 
ments. Tickets  may  be  obtained 
from  Sam  Rosen,  Room  2101,  1501 
Broadway,  telephone,  CHickering 
4-5209. 


Bilson  Quits  At  "U" 

West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood — George  R.  Bilson,  who 
produced  "Freshman  Year"  for  Uni- 
versal, has  resigned. 


New  Haven — Operators'  Local  No. 
273,  embracing  New  Haven,  West 
Haven,  Derby,  Ansonia,  Shelton  and 
Seymour,  will  meet  at  Trades  Coun- 
cil Hall  at  midnight  tonight  with 
Maurice  Moriarty  in  the  chair.  Sev- 
eral unannounced  emergency  prob- 
lems will  be  discussed.  The  union 
effected  wage  increases  of  $4,  $3  and 
$2,  respectively,  for  three  years  be- 
ginning last  September. 


Grainger  Sets  Republic 

Deals  With  N.  E.  Circuits 


Boston — James  R.  Grainger,  presi- 
dent of  Republic  Pictures,  Inc.,  has 
been  in  town  for  four  days  accom- 
panied by  Jack  Bellman,  Eastern 
division  manager,  and  completed 
deals  with  the  Maine  &  New  Hamp- 
shire and  Interstate  circuits. 


cominG  flriD  go  in? 


LILLIAN     FISCHER,     fashion     consultant, 
rives    in    New    York    today   from    the    Coast. 

ANNABELLA,  20th-Fox  star,  arrives  from  th 
Coast  by  plane  tomorrow  and  sails  Wednesda 
on    the    Queen    Mary    for    a    European    vacatioi 

ETHEL  MERMAN  is  en  route  East  b» 
from  Hollywood  for  a  three-week  visit  ii 
York. 

ARTHUR  GOLDSMITH,  RKO  Cleveland  sale; 
man,  is  in  Albany  for  a  two  weeks'  visit  wit 
his    mother. 

JACQUELINE  PAIGE,  London  theater  mana| 
ger,   arrives   on    the   Queen    Mary    today. 

MARGOT  CRAHAME  leaves  today  for  Re-. 
where    she    will    establish    residence. 

WILLIE     and      EUGENE     HOWARD     sail     f< 
Australia    in    the    near    future    to    appear    in 
revue   there. 

LESTER     KRIEGER     of     the     WB     theaters 
Philadelphia    was    a    guest    at    Warwick    at    thj 
week-end. 

JEAN  TENNYSON  of  the  Chicago  Opera  C< 
arrives   from    Europe   today   on   the   Queen    Mary] 

PEGGY  WOOD  and  SHEILA  BARRETT,  a< 
tresses,   will   also   arrive  on   the  Queen    Mary. 

SCOTT  W.  DUNLA.P,  Monogram  productioij 
head,    arrives    from    the    Coast    today. 


Jack  Dunn  Dies  on  Coast 
After  Illness  of  2  Week; 


West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILlM 

Hollywood — Jack  Dunn,  21,  skatl 
ing  star,  under  contract  to  Edward] 
Small,  UA  producer,  died  here  at  tha 
week-end  from  tularemia,  rara] 
disease  carried  by  rabbits.  He  had] 
been  critically  ill  two  weeks.  Dunn 
was  captain  of  the  British  ice  skatl 
ing  team  in  the  1937  Olympics  and] 
later*  was  Sonja  Henie's  skating 
partner.  His  mother,  who  arrived 
from  England  too  late,  and  two  sisJ 
ters  survive. 


Operate  on  Maj.  Bowes 

Maj.  Edward  Bowes,  managing  din, 
rector  of  the  Capitol  theater,  was 
recovering  in  Doctor's  Hospital  Sa-. 
turday,  following  an  operation  in 
which  the  tip  of  the  third  finger  on| 
his  left  hand  was  amputated.  Digit 
was  hurt  in  a  mishap  aboard  his; 
yacht. 


Mitchell— Bell  and  Howell 
Cameras! —  Eyemo — Single 
Lens — Turret  or  Motor 
Driven.  Debrie — Devry 

Sales — R  entals — Exchange 

CAMERA  MART,  INC. 

70  West  45th  Street 

Phone:  VAn.  3-7340 

Irving  Browning,  Pres. 


_, 


"Gag  tumbles  over  gag  in  this 
uproarious  Harold  Lloyd 
comedy.  Ninety  five  minutes 
ofjexeitihg,  merry,  and  mirth- 
ful fun."  .-^Motion  Pitffire  Daily 


.      ItU  We*0"  «    Ho\*  M  De^er  D 

•  -  bY  Jot  •     franc**  *■ 


"Lloyd  continues  the  master  of 
comedy.  The  N.  Y.  Para- 
mount rocks  with  laughs.  No 
description  <>f  the  situations 
could  suggest  the  howls  of 
mirth  they  evoke." 

-"■'Daily  Mirror 

"A  first-rate  slapstick  -Comedy. 
The  Paramount  Theatre  audi  - 
ence  found  itself  laughing 
aloud."  —/V.  Y.  Sun 

'Professor  Beware*  goes  be- 
serk  and  gallops  roughshod  to 
a  hilarious  slapstick  end.  My 
only  advice  is  to  urge, you  to 
visit  the  Paramount." 

—N.  Y.  World-Telegram. 

"Diverting  and  speedy  comedy 
with  an  assortment  of  funny 

gagS»"  —Journal 

"A  great  tradition  of  screen 
comedy  is  continued  brilliantly 
in  'Professor  Beware".  Lloyd 
is  at  the  top  of  his  comic  form. 
He  never  fails  to  quicken  each 
sequence  with  laughter." 

—Herald  Tribune 

"The  Paramount  audience  was 
in  a  continuous  state  of  up- 
roar at  the  activities  of  the 
Lloyd  &  Co.  If  you  can't  get . 
much  more  than  a  few  laughs 


DAILY 


Monday,  July  18,  19: 


IATSE-WINNIPEG  ISSUE 
TO  PRIVY  COUNCIL? 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

the  Trades  and  Labor  Congress  of 
Canada  asking  financial  assistance 
for  the  IATSE  in  carrying  on  the 
fight.  The  local  president  gave  the 
assurance  his  union  would  supply 
the  balance  of  the  funds  necessary, 
though  it  had  already  spent  $7,500 
on  law  cases  in  Winnipeg. 

Jack  Bruce,  Toronto,  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Plumbers'  and  Pipefit- 
ters' International  union,  argued 
strongly  for  support  of  the  projec- 
tionists' union,  accusing  the  courts 
of  "intending  to  make  it  impossible 
for  us  to  legally  picket." 

Turner  predicted  that  in  the  near 
future,"  every  Canadian  theater  will 
be  compelled  to  have  an  IATSE  pro- 
jectionist or  risk  not  being  supplied 
with  films,  since  all  films  now  bear 
the  stamp  of  the  union." 

Mono's  "Atlantic  Flight" 

Plays  WB  Philly  Spots 

Capitalizing  on  the  international 
interest  in  Howard  Hughes'  round- 
the-world  flight,  the  Warner  circuit 
in  Philadelphia  has  booked  Mono- 
gram's "Atlantic  Flight"  over  its 
circuit.  The  aviation  thriller  stars 
Dick  Merrill,  holder  of  the  world's 
round-trip  non-stop  Atlantic  flight 
record. 


WB  Frisco  Meet  Ends 

San  Francisco — The  second  in  the 
series  of  four  regional  Warner  book- 
ers and  ad  salesmen  meetings  wound 
up  a  two-day  session  at  the  Empire 
Hotel  yesterday.  The  meeting  was 
conducted  by  A.  W.  Schwalberg,  su- 
pervisor of  exchanges,  who  was  aid- 
ed by  Stanley  Hatch  and  I.  Mike 
Dolid,  also  of  the  home  office.  Latter 
two  leave  for  Chicago,  where  the 
third  in  this  series  of  conventions 
will  be  held  at  the  Blackstone  Ho- 
tel Saturday  and  Sunday. 

Colonial  Tries  Again 

Pittsfield,  Mass.  —  The  Colonial 
Theater  has  reopened  on  a  three- 
day-a-week  basis,  it  is  announced 
by  officials  of  the  Western  Massa- 
chusetts Theaters,  Inc.,  owners.  A 
Friday,  Saturday  and  Sunday  pol- 
icy has  been  inaugurated.  The  the- 
ater closed  two  weeks  ago  with  the 
announced  prospect  of  not  reopen- 
ing until  the  fall. 


2C  YEAPT  AGC 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Thursday,  July  18, 
1918: 

BOSTON  —  Louis  B.  Mayer  named  general 
manager  of  Firsf  National's  New  England  cir- 
cuit. 

BOSTON — Exhibitors  may  withdraw  from  na- 
tional   association. 

NEW  YORK— William  A.  Brady  declines  to 
consider   another    term    as    NAMP!    prexy. 

WASHINGTON— Secretary  McAdoo  "drafts" 
Douglas    Fairbanks   for    Liberty    Loan    pix. 

Yes,  20   Years  is  a  Long  Time  in  Pictures! 


ALONG  THE 


with  PHIL  M.  DALY 

T  T  T 


•  •      •     UP    IN    Ottawa the    other    day Dr.    Stuart   Rice 

oi   the   U.   S.   Central  Statistical   Board addressed   the 

American  Association  for  the  Advancement  oi  Science and  among 

other  things observed "With  a  certain attitude  oi  des- 
peration   the   world   is   sacriiicing its   hopes   oi   higher 

living  standards on  behali  oi  towering non-productive 

armaments meanwhile    seeking psychological   compensation 

in    iantasy the   recent   popularity   oi   Walter   Disney's 'Snow 

White  and  the  Seven  Dwarfs' and  James  Hilton's 'Lost  Horizon' 

illustrates this  tendency" 

T  ▼  T 

•  •  •  AND  all  along we  were  under  the impres- 
sion  that  it  was  the simon-pure and  wholly  charm- 
ing  entertainment that    made Disney's    pioneer 

feature    cartoon one    of    the    greatest box    office 

attractions of  all  time and  that  the  wide  appeal  of 

"Lost  Horizon" as  well  was  predicated upon  its  in- 
herent  entertainment but  it  appears   we've   been 

slightly  damp if  not  all  wet 

▼  ▼  T 

•  •      •     STILL   isn't   it   just   possible that   it's    the   other   way 

'round and  that  the  educators and  heavy  thinkers are 

water-logged the  educators  and  heavy  thinkers over  a  period 

oi    centuries have    spoiled    Shakespeare ior    countless 

millions oi  youngsters by   attempting to   interpret 

his  brainchildren must  they now  do  the  same  thing in 

the  instance oi  the  movies? that  angle  explains  why 

we  like  Jimmy  Lo veil's  definition oi  a  thinker penned  in  his 

Dallas    Times-Herald column says    Jimmy "The    thinker 

is  one who  is  troubled ......  over  the  possibility that  the  fel- 
low  on  the  next  lot is  loafing  under a  shadier  tree 

and  a  more  iruitiul  one" Could  Jimmy  mean a  Hollywood  lot 

by    any    chance? 

T  T  T 

•  •     •     SPEAKING  of  Texas which  we  were after 

a  fashion on  the  basis  of  what  transpired down  in  San 

Antonio on  Friday  night it  looks  as  though Para- 
mount  has  another  smash  winner in  "The  Texans" 

The  Texas  metropolis went  for  the  world  premiere in 

a  big  way and  there  were more  national  and  state  fig- 
ures  film  folks newspaper  scribes and  others  who 

count present than    there's    available    space to 

chronicle Hollywood  was  represented by  Lucien  Hub- 
bard  producer Randolph  Scott Robert  Cummins 

and  Raymond  Hatton 

T  T  ▼ 

•  •      •     AND  representing   the  industry in  sales   and  theater 

departments were   Arthur   Cole   and   Senn   Lawler   oi  Kansas   City 

L.  C.  Griiiith  oi  Oklahoma  City Bob  O'Donnell,  James  Cherry, 

Hugh  Braly  and  Frank  O.  Starz,  Dallas Al  Lever,  Houston 

and  M.  K.  Moore,  Fort  Worth 

T  T  T 

•  •     O     IN    the    lobby of    the    New    York    Strand 

they've  installed Hyman  Fein's  "lie  detector" all  in  be- 
half of  Warners "The  Amazing  Dr.  Clitterhouse" which 

probably   explains why   so  many of  the   boys are 

carefully  crossing  over to  the  other  side 


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DAT6  BOOK 


July  20-21:  Associated  Theaters  of  Indiana  m 
summer     meeting,     Spink-Wawasee     Count 
Club,    Lake   Wawasee. 

July    21 :    Si    Fabian    employes'    golf    tournamen 
Preakness  Hill  Country  Club,  Paterson,  N. 

July  23-24:     Warner    regional     bookers-sak'- 
convention,    Blackstone    Hotel,    Chica 

July  26:  ITOA  outing,    Indian  Point. 

July  29:     Baltimore    Variety    Club    golf    tourne 
Rolling    Road    Country    Club. 

July  30-31:  Warner  regional  bookers-salesme 
convention,    Hotel    Warwick,    New   York. 

Aug.  2:  Connecticut  MPTO  golf  tournamen 
Racebrook   Country   Club,   New   Haven. 

Aug.  8-28:     International   Film   Festival,  Venio 

Aug.  9-10:  National  Theaters  regional  mee 
Muehlebach   Hotel,   Kansas  City. 

Aug.  15:  Pittsburgh  Variety  Club-Film  Re 
golf   tournament,    Pittsburgh    Field   Club. 

Aug.  15-17:  National  Theaters  regional  meei 
Fox    West    Coast    offices,    Los    Angeles. 

Aug.  16:  Boston  industry  outing,  Fieldstoi 
Marshfield. 

Aug.  18:     Rocky    Mountain   Screen   Club   picnic  j 
Cherry  Hills  Country  Club,   Denver. 

Aug.  22-23:  West  Virginia  Theater  Manager 
Association  convention,  Creenbriar  Hotel 
White   Sulphur   Springs,   W.   Va. 

Aug.  24-26:  Famous  Players  Canadian  East 
ern  convention,  King  Edward  Hotel,  Tor- 
onto. 

Aug.  30-31:  Wisconsin  Industry  Sliver  Jubilee 
Hotel   Schroeder,    Milwaukee. 

Sept.  7-9:  Famous  Players  Canadian  Westerr 
convention,  Jasper,   Alberta. 

Oct.  19-21:  Allied  Theater  Owners  of  N.  J 
and  Eastern  Regional  Allied  convention 
Ritz  Carlton  Hotel,  Atlantic  City. 

Oct.  31 -Nov.  3:  SMPE  Fall  convention,  Statlei 
Hotel,    Detroit. 

Nov.  27:  New  York  Motion  Picture  Associate) 
dinner-dance. 


Monogram  Board  Meeting 
To  Be  Held  on  Thursday 

Monogram  board  meeting  to  dis- 
cuss increased  budgets  on  several 
pictures  on  next  season's  program 
has  been  set  for  Thursday,  it  was 
learned  over  the  week-end.  Mono- 
gram execs,  believe  that  several  pix 
deserve  budget  boosts  and  Scott  R. 
Dunlap,  vice-president  and  produc- 
tion chief,  and  Trem  Carr,  board 
member  and  producer,  arrive  in  New 
York  this  week  to  attend  the  session. 


Best  wishes  from  THE  FILM  DAILY  to 

the      following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY   18 

Arthur  A.  Lee 

Richard  Dix 

Cene  Lockhart 

Lupe  Velez 

Charles  A.  Stimson 

Paul  Perez 


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HALF  OF  NEW  YORK  WAS  OUT 


TO  GREET  HOWARD  HUGHES! 


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AT  RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 


"First -rate   entertainment 
.  .  .  fascinating  drama.  Few 
films  this  season  or  any  other 
have    sustained    their    mood    so 
brilliantly.  Clearly  one  of  the  most 
interesting    and    absorbing    dramas 
of  the  season." -New  York  Times. 

"A     savage     and     absorbing 
story.    Film    reaches    pitch 
of    memorable    intensity. 
Boyer  makers  charac- 
ter so  complex  and  vital 
that  it  is  not  easily  forgot- 
ten. Hedy  Lamarr  brings  rare 
beauty    and    conviction.   A   film 
you   should  see." 

— New  York  Herald  Tribune. 

"Excellent  is  the  word  for  'Algiers' 
A    unique    picture    replete    with 
charm   and   romance   and 
as  entertaining  as  it  is  differ- 
ent.  Boyer  matchless,   none 
more  beautiful  than  Miss  Lamarr. 
Designed   for  sheer  entertainment 
and   made  so   well   it   has   unlimited 
appeal.    Double-barreled    sex    appeal. 
Everything's    right    about    this    picture." 

—N.  Y.  Daily  News. 

"Fascinating  picture,  decidedly  superior  en- 
tertainment. Picture  is  one  engrossing  se- 
quence after  another.  You'll  enjoy  'Algiers' 
enormously."  — JV.  Y.  Journal- American. 

"Enchanting  romance.  The  temperature  is 
frankly  feverish  and  it  is  safe  to  predict  that 


Mr.  Boyer's  photograph  will  be  enshrined 
in  many  boudoirs  this  summer.  Miss  Lamarr 
is  a  luscious  beauty.  Her  style  and  Mr. 
Boyer's  harmonize  flawlessly.  -Daily  Mirror. 

"A  handsomely  produced  romantic  melo- 
drama. The  performances  are  as  good  as 
the  direction.  Boyer,  Calleia  and  Gene 
Lockhart  deserve  special  praise  for  their 


acting.  Miss  Lamarr 
has  only  to  be  brought 
within  camera  range  to  excite 
heated  interest."        — N.  Y.  Post. 

"Even  without  the  presence  of  dazzling 
Hedy  Lamarr  m  its  cast  'Algiers'  would 
still  be  a  tasty  dish.  But  with  her  it  has 
just  the  necessary  extra  dash  of  salt  to 
make  it  a  gourmet's  delight.  It's  exactly 
what  the  doctor  ordered  in  the  way 
of  glamour."— N.    Y.    World-Telegram. 


WALTER     WANGER     present, 


CHARLES  BOYER 


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R1GIERS 


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SIGRID  GURIE  •  HEDY  LAMARR 

JOSEPH      CALLEIA  •  ALAN      HALE 

GENE     LOCKHART    •    Mme.     NINA     KOSHETZ 

Directed  by  John    Croipwell    •    Screenplay  by  John   Howard  Lawson 
Additional  dialogue   by  James  M.   Cain    ,     Released   thru    United  Artists 


Monday,  July  18,  1938 


DAILY 


'ARA,  SETS  RELEASE 

DATES  TO  DEC.  30 


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resident  in  charge  of  distribution 
ointed  out  over  the  week-end. 

The  Para,  release  schedule  has  21 

•  gj^res  set  for  the  first  quarter  of 

Z*ie\v   season   beginning    Sept.   2. 

his   line-up   the   completed   pic- 

ures   include    "Sing    You    Sinners", 

In    Old    Mexico",    and    "Mysterious 

lider." 

Among  other  features  now  in  ac- 
ual  work  ai'e:  "Paris  Honeymoon", 
Men  With  Wings",  "If  I  Were 
ling",  "Zaza",  "Touchdown,  Army", 
Campus  Confessions",  "Sons  of  the 
.egion",  "Artists  and  Models 
Lbroad",  "Say  It  In  French." 

The  complete  Para,  release  sche- 
ule  for  the  first  quarter  of  the  1938- 
i9  program  follows: 

Sept.  2,  "Sing  You  Sinners";  9, 
In  Old  Mexico";  16,  "Sons  of  the 
jegion";  23,  "Campus  Confessions"; 
nd  30,  "Orphan  Annie." 

Oct.  7,  "Touchdown,  Army";  14, 
If  I  Were  King";  21,  "King  of  Alca- 
raz"  and  "Mysterious  Rider";  28, 
'Arkansas  Traveler";  "Men  With 
kings''  will  be  a  special  release  in 
)ctober. 

Nov.  4,  "Escape  From  Yesterday"; 
1,  pix  to  be  set;  18,  "Say  It  In 
•'rench";  and  25,  "Artists  and  Models 
Abroad." 

Dec.  2,  "King  of  Chinatown";  9, 
'Sunset  Trail";  16,  "Thanks  For  the 
•lemory";  23,  "One  Third  of  a  Na- 
>ion"  and  "Tom  Sawyer-Detective" 
ind  30,  "Paris  Honeymoon." 

"Union  Pacific,"  the  Cecil  B.  De 
vlille  production  will  be  released  in 
February.  The  release  date  of 
'Zaza"  will  be  set  later. 


Little  Tough  Guy"  Sets 

Strong  Start  in  South 

Universal's  "Little  Tough  Guy" 
?ave  the  Orpheum  Theater,  New 
Orleans,  its  biggest  gross  since 
'Snow  White  and  the  Seven  Dwarfs" 
olayed  the  house,  according  to  a 
.vire  received  by  Universal  from  Vic- 
tor Meyer,  manager  of  the  Or- 
3heum.  Pix  had  its  world  premiere 
in  New  Orleans  last  week  and  is 
aeing  held  over. 


More  "Clitterhouse"  Dates 

With  the  addition  of  37  dates  over 
he  weekend,  Warners'  "The  Amaz- 
ng  Dr.  Clitterhouse,"  starring  Ed- 
ward G.  Robinson,  has  been  booked 
|for    138    pre-release    engagements. 
National  release  date  is  July  30. 


Jones  Dies  in  Crash 

Omaha  —  Ralph  Jones,  45,  well- 
inown  Nebraska  theater  organist 
ind  radio  announcer,  was  instantly 
silled  when  his  auto  left  the  high- 
way near  North  Platte,  Neb.  Jones 
tos  working  for  Station  KGNF, 
Morth  Platte,  at  time  of  death. 


A  "JliJtkU"  fam  "JMx 


// 


By  RALPH  WILK 


HOLLYWOOD 

Arleen  Whelan,  Power  Co-star 
^RLEEN  WHELAN,  pretty,  red- 
haired  newcomer  to  the  screen, 
will  have  the  co-stellar  lead  opposite 
Tyrone  Power  in  "Jesse  James,"  the 
20th  Century-Fox  Technicolor  pic- 
ture based  on  the  life  of  the  western 
outlaw. 

T  T  T 

Wallis  Waxes  Enthusiastic 

Hal  Wallis,  associate  executive  in 
charge  of  Warners  production,  goes 
on  record  with  the  statement  that 
"The  Sisters,"  the  Bette  Davis  pic- 
ture, is  going  to  be  just  about  tops 
on  the  company's  program  for  1938- 
39.  Opposite  Miss  Davis  is  Errol 
Flynn,  whose  draw  has  increased  by 
box-office  leaps  and  bounds  ever 
since  "The  Adventures  of  Robin 
Hood."  When  Wallis  recently  re- 
turned from  a  "vacation"  at  Hawaii, 
he  brought  back  nearly  50  scripts 
which  he  had  read. 

T  T  T 

First  Mono.  Ritter  Starts 

The  first  Tex  Ritter  western  for 
Monogram,  "Starlight  Over  Texas," 
will  go  into  production  today.  Rit- 
ter will  do  a  series  of  eight  musical 
outdoor  dramas  for  Monogram.  Al 
Herman  will  direct  and  Al  Lane  will 
act  as  production  manager. 

T  T  T 

Added    to    "Gunga    Din" 

Robert  Coote,  Cecil  Kelleway  and 
Abner  Biberman  have  joined  the 
cast  of  "Gunga  Din,"  the  new 
George  Stevens  production  co-star- 
ring Cary  Grant,  Victor  McLaglen 
and  Douglas  Fairbanks,  Jr.  Sam 
Jaffe  is  playing  the  title  role  and 
Joan  Fontaine  has  the  feminine 
lead. 


What?  Only  26??? 

One  of  the  film  colony's  leading 
dog  fanciers,  Charles  Ruggles'  ken- 
nels boast  26  different  breeds,  all 
pedigreed,  ranging  from  the  dimin- 
utive Chihuahua  to  the  Egyptian 
Afghan  and  St.  Bernard.  The  com- 
edian is  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
famous  Tailwaggers. 

T  T  T 

Like  Brother,  Like  Sister 
Mrs.  Carolyn  Cagney,  mother  of 
James  Cagney,  and  Jeanne  Cagney, 
sister  of  the  Warner  star,  have  ar- 
rived in  Hollywood  from  New  York. 
Miss  Cagney  will  seek  a  picture  ca- 
reer. 

▼  T  T 

Obringer's   Choice 

Roy  Obringer,  head  of  Warners' 
legal  department,  has  gone  to  Alas- 
ka for  a  vacation. 

T  T  T 

Iturbi  In  "Sweethearts" 
Jose  Iturbi,  composer-conductor, 
will  lead  the  orchestra  and  play  the 
piano  in  "Sweethearts,"  featuring 
Victor  Herbert's  "The  Badinage." 
The  new  Metro  picture  co-stars 
Jeanette  MacDonald  and  Nelson 
Eddy. 

T  T  * 

Wallington    Ends    P.A.   Tour 

James  Wallington  has  just  re- 
turned to  Hollywood  following  a 
successful  personal  tour  booked  by 
J.   William   Rubenstein. 

T  ▼  T 

Garfield,  "Sucker's"  Star 

John  Garfield,  who  makes  his 
screen  debut  in  "Women  Courage- 
ous," will  be  starred  by  Warners  in 
"The  Sucker,"  in  which  he  will  ap- 
pear with  the  "Crime  School"  kids. 
Michael  Curtiz  will  direct. 


Sees  Major  Opportunity 

For  Films  in  Venezuela 


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week  Metro's  Venezuelan  manager 
with  headquarters  in  Caracas. 

Silverstein,  just  appointed  Metro's 
first  Far  Eastern  division  manager, 
is  in  New  York  for  home  office  con- 
fabs, before  starting  for  Singapore. 

Caracas  has  18  film  houses,  with 
two  new  theaters  now  under  con- 
struction, one  of  which  will  be  air- 
conditioned.  While  some  Spanish 
language  pix  are  played,  American 
product  with  super-imposed  Spanish 
titles  dominates  the  market.  Servic- 
able  situations  in  Venezuela  total 
111,  according  to  Silverstein. 

Colombia,  where  Silverstein  was 
Metro's  rep.  before  his  transfer  to 
Caracas  seven  months  ago,  has  235 
situations.  Twentieth  Century-Fox 
is  the  only  other  U.  S.  major  with  a 
Venezuelan  branch,  but  UA  and 
Paramount  as  well  as  20th-Fox  ad- 
ditionally maintain  Colombian 
branches  at  Bogota. 

Top  admish  price  in  Caracas  first 
runs,  according  to  Silverstein  is 
$1.08   U.    S.   Venezuela   levies   a    10 


per  cent  admish  tax  on  all  tickets 
costing  more  than  one  bolivar.  Co- 
lombia's levy  is  20  per  cent. 

Features  are  played  in  these  two 
Latin-American  countries  about  two 
and  a  half  months  after  they  are  dis- 
tributed in  the  U.  S.  Spot  bookings 
are  the  rule,  and  practically  all  pix 
are  handled  on  a  percentage  basis. 
Metro  maintains  its  own  checking 
system. 

Native  operation  of  theaters  is  the 
rule,  and  75  per  cent  of  U.  S.  com- 
pany employes  must  be  native  under 
existing  goverment  regulations.  Sil- 
verstein commented  that  the  only 
Jewish  exhib.  in  Venezuela  was  Ar- 
mand  Cohen. 

Native  audiences  have  three  film 
preferences,  he  declared — slapstick, 
as  exemplified  by  Laurel  and  Hardy; 
Tarzan  action-romances  and  musi- 
cals   starring    Jeanette    MacDonald. 

American  minister  to  Venezuela  is 
a  Metro  alumni,  Silverstein  disclosed. 
Envoy  is  Antonio  Gonzales,  formerly 
in  Metro's  legal  department. 

Silverstein  leaves  Thursday  to 
visit  his  family  in  Syracuse  and  then 
returns  to  New  York,  prior  to  his 
departure  for  the  Coast  by  plane. 


DEFENDER'S  ROLE  FOR 
RE'GANIZED  ACADEMY 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

strive  "to  advance  arts  and  sciences 
of  motion  pictures  and  to  foster  co- 
operation among  creative  leadership 
of  industry  for  cultural,  educational 
and  technological  progress;  to  rep- 
resent to  the  public  the  viewpoint 
of  actual  creators  of  motion  pictures 
and  symbolize  a  leadership  compar- 
able to  other  academic  institutes 
and  foundations;  to  do  all  other  acts 
necessary  or  expedient  for  admin- 
istration of  affairs  and  attainment 
of  purposes  of  a  non-economic,  non- 
political  educational  and  profession- 
al association  organized  as  a  non- 
profit corporation  under  the  laws  of 
California." 

A  special  committee,  headed  by 
W.  S.  Van  Dyke,  worked  for  weeks 
on  the  drafting  of  a  solid  platform 
of  principles  and  recommendations. 
On  these  the  revised  by-laws  will 
be  based.  The  board  of  governors 
is  now  at  work  on  this  by-law  revi- 
sion and  the  new  set-up  will  prob- 
ably be  announced  within  next  two 
weeks.  An  election  is  planned  for  an 
entirely  new  board  of  governors  and 
officers. 

Among  the  projects  contemplated 
are  the  acquiring  of  a  new  Academy 
building  which  will  serve  as  offices, 
club  house  and  central  gathering 
place  of  the  industry.  Equipped 
with  meeting  rooms,  facilities  for 
sound  film  projection  and  for  cater- 
ing dinners  and  luncheons;  inception 
of  an  educational  radio  program, 
designed  to  bring  public  and  indus- 
try closer  together;  study  of  a 
project  to  set  up  talent  scholarships 
for  a  limited  number  of  university 
graduates  who  have  shown  outstand- 
ing ability  worthy  of  encourage- 
ment; and  previews  of  especially 
outstanding  films,  both  American 
and  foreign,  long  before  they  are 
generally  seen. 

The  old  Academy  dues  varied 
from  $42  a  year  for  some  classes 
to  as  low  as  $10  a  year  for  others. 
The  new  dues  will  be  $24  per  year 
for  every  member. 

Expect  Cinecolor's  Plant 
To  Be  Ready  in  November 

Hollywood — A.  L.  McCormick, 
president  of  Cinecolor,  Inc.,  broke 
ground  for  his  company's  new  $250,- 
000  plant  which  will  be  erected  on  a 
three-acre  lot  in  Burbank  next  to 
the  Warner  Studio.  Approximately 
24,000  feet  in  area  and  two  stories 
high,  building  will  have  a  capacity 
volume  output  of  one  million  feet  of 
film  weekly,  plus  special  type  of 
equipment  necessary  for  developing 
16  mm.  films,  and  films  in  the  so- 
called  three  color  process.  Plant  is 
scheduled  for  completion  by  middle 
of  November. 


New  $75,000  O.  C.  Theater 

Oklahoma  City — Plans  for  con- 
struction of  a  new  $75,000  theater 
at  2509  NW  23rd  Street  have  been 
announced  by  J.  L.  Groves,  operator 
of  houses  at  Sulphur  and  Pawnee. 


Monday,  July  18,  1931 


DAILY 


U.  S.  TO  INTERVENE 

IN  RKO  REORG.  CASE 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

the  Fabian  Operating  Corp.  all  of 
which  have  filed  objections  to  a  plan 
of  reorganization  submitted  by  the 
Atlas  Corp. 

A  possibility  that  the  special 
master's  recommendation  of  the 
RKO  reorg.  plan  may  be  filed  in 
Federal  Court  today  was  indicated 
over  the  week-end  by  H.  C.  Rickaby, 
counsel  for  the  Atlas  Corp.,  pro- 
ponents of  the  plan. 

A  hearing  is  scheduled  before  Spe- 
cial Master  George  W.  Alger,  Jr., 
at  10  o'clock  this  morning  in  the 
Bar  Association  Bldg.,  after  which 
the  recommendation  may  be  filed. 

A  hearing  before  Judge  Bondy  is 
slated   for   Thursday   afternoon. 


Movie  Scouts  Will  Catch 
14  Play  Tryouts  This  Week 


(Continued  from   Page    1) 

Hugo  Csergo,  with  Frances  Fuller 
in  the  company.    At  Westport,  Conn. 

"The  Lady  From  Broadway,"  by 
Fred  Ballard,  with  Dorathe  Bur- 
gess. At  the  Playhouse,  Ogunquit, 
Me. 

"Michael  Drops  In,"  a  new  com- 
edy by  William  DuBois,  with  Arlene 
Francis  and  Dean  Jagger.  At  White 
Plains,  N.  Y. 

"I  Can't  Help  It,"  by  Arthur 
Goodrich,  with  Taylor  Holmes  and 
Martha  Hodge.  At  the  Red  Barn 
Theater,   Locust  Valley,   L.   I. 

"Central  Casting,"  by  Nicholas 
Cosentino.    At  Mountain  Lakes,  N.  J. 

"Franz,"  adapted  from  the  Hun- 
garian, with  music  by  Alec  Fogarty 
and  lyrics  by  Edwin  Gilbert.  At 
Rye  Beach,  N.  H. 

"Saree,"  by  David  G.  Fischer.  At 
Lake  Mahopac,  N.  Y. 

"The  Howard  Millets,"  by  E. 
Reeves  Cochran.     At  Somerset,  Pa. 

"The  Master  Servants,"  by  Sey- 
mour Gross.  At  Stony  Creek,  Conn. 

"Tomorrow's  Dreams,"  by  Elsie 
Sirota.    At  East  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

"Jail  for  Sale,"  by  Samuel  J. 
Park,  with  Lucille  LaVerne.  At 
Abingdon,  Va. 

"The  Glory  of  the  Sun,"  by  Jevan 
Brandon-Thomas,  with  Anne  Tyrell 
in  the  company.  At  the  Cumberland 
Hills  Playhouse,  Ashton,  R.  I, 

"Transition,"  by  Cecil  Hemley, 
with  Housley  Stevens.  At  the  Mav- 
erick Theater,  Woodstock,  N.  Y. 
"Almost  a  Hero,"  a  comedy  by  Wil- 
bur Braun.  At  the  Auditorium  The- 
ater,  Peapack,   N.   J. 


Valentino  Reel  to  Saenger 

"The  Man  Who  Came  Back,"  a 
special  reel  tracing  the  life  of  Ru- 
dolph Valentino,  has  been  booked  by 
the  entire  Saenger  Circuit  of  New 
Orleans  for  immediate  showings,  it 
was  announced  Saturday  by  Astor 
Pictures,  distributors.  The  picture 
is  being  distributed  by  Astor 
through  its  30  franchise  offices. 


n6WS  Of  TH6  DAY 


Detroit — Michael  J.  Chargot,  cir- 
cuit owner,  has  appointed  his  son, 
Michael,  Jr.,  manager  of  his  newly 
acquired  Grand  Victory  Theater, 
succeeding  Jake  Sullivan.  Chargot's 
sister  will  assist  in  the  operation  of 
the  house.  Fred  B.  Miller,  formerly 
manager  of  Chargot's  Imperial,  is 
now  at  John  Golden's  Irving  Thea- 
ter. 


Columbus,  O. — Frank  H.  Throop, 
Jr.,  assistant  manager  of  the  Grand 
in  Columbus,  goes  to  the  RKO  Pal- 
ace, Cleveland.  Lawrence  Kaplane, 
former  assistant  manager  of  the 
Majestic,  succeeds  Throop  at  the 
Grand. 


Quincy,  111. — Perry  Hoeffler,  man- 
ager here  for  Great  States  circuit, 
leaves  shortly  for  a  vacation  in 
Alaska. 


Detroit  —  Howard  and  Cecelia 
Barnes  were  added  as  partners  this 
week  by  Frank  C.  Nadeau,  owner 
of  the  refreshment  concession  in  the 
Lancaster  Theater  in  River  Rouge 
for  15  years. 


Denver — The  Alma  Theater  Corp. 
has  been  organized  by  John  D.  Tol- 
man,  E.  E.  McKinney  and  Robert  L. 
Gee,  all  of  Fairplay,  Colo.,  for  op- 
eration in  Fairplay,  a  small  mining 
town. 


Pittsburgh — George  Sullivan,  for 
many  years  manager  of  the  Clifton 
Theater,  Huntington,  one  of  the 
Harris  circuit,  is  back  on  the  job 
after  being  hospitalized  for  the  pas  I 
five  weeks  due  to  an  appendectomy. 


Chicago  — •  The  Gregory  Circuit, 
operating  film  theaters  in  Wiscon- 
sin, Illinois  and  Indiana,  has  changed 
its  name  to  the  Gregory  Theater 
Circuit  Co.  Headquarters  remain- 
ing at  220  S.  State  St.  in  this  city. 
James  and  S.  J.  Gregory  are  the 
principals. 


Pittsburgh — Don  Stitt,  Jr.,  son 
of  the  manager  of  the  Harris  The- 
ater in  DuBois,  Pa.,  is  in  a  local 
hospital  where  he  underwent  an  ap- 
pendectomy. 

Pittsburgh  —  Local  M-G-M  Office 
Pep  Club  has  elected  Ted  Tolley, 
president;  Alan  Douglas,  treasurer, 
and  Sylvia  Zeisel,  secretary. 


Pittsburgh  —  Bernie  Armstrong, 
theater  and  radio  organist,  and  his 
wife  are  leaving  for  an  extended 
visit  to  Hollywood  and  while  there 
will  be  the  house  guests  of  Dick 
Powell,  former  m.c.  at  the  Stanley 
Theater  here. 


Pittsburgh — Employes  of  Loew's 
Pen  Theater  here  presented  Mike 
Cullen,  departing  manager,  with  a 
wrist  watch  inscribed,  "To  the 
Boss,"  as  a  farewell  gift. 


Boston — Fred  G.  Hinds,  manager 
of  the  Colonial  Theater  in  Pittsfield 
when  it  reopened  last  fall,  will  re- 
turn to  manage  the  theater  for  its 
new  three-day  week  policy,  accord- 
ing to  an  announcement  by  Western 
Massachusetts  Theaters,  Inc.  Fred 
Frechette  has  resigned  and  plans  to 
start  a  chain  of  roadside  refresh- 
ment stands. 


Pittsburgh  —  Harry  Rosenquest, 
short  subjects  buyer  for  the  Warner 
Circuit,  is  in  Pittsburgh  this  week 
negotiating  short  subject  deals  for 
next  season. 


Pittsburgh  —  Gus  Davis,  in  the 
short  subjects  department  of  the 
local  Warner  Theaters  office,  is  on 
a  two  months'  leave  of  absence  due 
to  ill  health.  He  will  spend  the  time 
in  the  mountains  for  a  complete 
rest. 


Chicago  —  RKO  Palace  Theater 
has  booked  Phil  Harris  and  his  or- 
chestra for  the  week  of  July  29. 
The  Three  Stooges  and  Peters  Sis- 
ters have  been  signed  for  an  early 
appearance. 


Albuquerque,  N.  M. — Arthur  Es- 
berg,  manager  of  Albuquerque  The- 
aters, Inc.,  accompanied  by  Mrs. 
Esberg  and  son,  have  left  for  a 
month's  vacation  that  will  take  them 
to  Grand  Canyon,  Catalina  Island, 
Hollywood,  San  Francisco,  Salt  Lake 
and   Denver. 


Detroit  —  Hayward  Thompson, 
vice-president  of  the  Detroit  Play- 
ers Club,  became  president  upon 
resignation  of  Wynn  Wright,  who 
moves  to  Chicago.  James  Dresbach 
was  elected  to  the  vacant  post  of 
vice-president. 


Detroit — Eddie  Purcell,  formerly 
booker  for  Vitagraph,  has  been  add- 
ed to  the  booking  staff  of  Coopera- 
tive Theaters  of  Michigan,  in  an 
expansion  of  staff. 


Richmond,  Va. — All  employes  of 
the  State  Censor  Board  who  have 
been  connected  with  the  board  for 
ten  years  or  longer  will  receive  an 
extra  week's  vacation  this  year. 
They  include  Mrs.  L.  L.  Speed,  Eliza- 
beth Cary  Williamson,  Cecil  Crew 
and   H.   B.   Gibbs. 


Richmond,  Va.  —  Harold  Lucas, 
house  manager  at  the  Ginter  since 
it  opened  last  year,  has  left  to  take 
up  similar  duties  at  the  Colonial, 
Norfolk.  Robert  Brient  succeeded 
him   at   the   Ginter. 


Richmond,  Va. — Bob  Etchberger, 
from  Loew's  Parkway,  Baltimore,  is 
filling  in  here  for  Allen  Sparrow 
at  Loew's,  who  is  vacationing  in 
Florida. 


PARA.  WILL  APPEAL 
N.  D.  DIVORCE  CASE 


(Continued   from   Page    1 ) 

expected  in  New  York  today.  It  i. 
understood  that  after  they  have  beer 
studied,  Paramount's  legal  staff  wil 
start  the  preparation  of  the  ap~  - 
papers. 

Keough  pointed  out  that  the  beci-j 
sion  was  not  aimed  at  Paramount's 
operation  of  theaters  in  North  Da- 
kota but  merely  confirmed  the  righl 
of  the  legislature  to  pass  the  meas- 
ure under  the  police  powers  of  the  ;| 
state. 

It  is  understood  that  the  tempor- 
ary injunction  obtained  by  Para- 
mount to  prevent  the  state  from 
enforcing  the  measure  will  be  con- 
tinued until  the  final  disposition  of  | 
the  case. 


Claims  of  Anna  Sten,  Frenke 
Against  GN  are  Settled 

West  Coast  Bureau  of  THE  FILM  DAILY  \ 
Hollywood — The  claims  of  Anna 
Sten  and  Eugene  Frenke  against 
Grand  National  for  $60,000  and 
$18,750  each  were  settled  before 
Federal  Judge  William  P.  James. 
She  will  make  two  films  which  will 
be  partly  financed  by  Grand  Na- 
tional, but  they  will  be  produced  by 
United  Players  Production,  with 
first  picture  to  cost,  $100,000  of 
which  amount  Grand  National  will 
contribute  $30,000.  Miss  Sten  was 
also  granted  the  right  to  make  out- 
side pictures.  It  is  believed  that 
Frenke  settled  his  claims  for  $10,- 
000  while  Miss  Sten  was  paid  for 
one  picture  she  was  to  have  made 
previously. 


Censor  Decisions  Galore 
Mark  "Birth"  Omaha  Run 


Omaha — More  pro  and  con  censor- 
ship questions  have  risen  over 
"Birth  of  a  Baby"  than  any  other 
film  ever  to  play  here. 

City  Welfare  Board  approved 
film,  two  to  one  with  two  members 
not  voting,  and  set  age  limit  of  18 
years.  Then  Mayor  Butler  banned 
film    until    all    five    voted. 

They  did  and  approved  film  again 
but  told  Brandeis  Theater  to  dim 
birth  scene.  Age  limit  stood.  Film 
doubled  average  business  in  first 
week  at  Brandeis. 

Then  board  said  wives  under  18 
could  see  picture  and  latest  develop- 
ment is  that  board  said  children 
could  see  picture  if  accompanied  by 
adults.  Picture  was  held  for  second 
week. 


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Robbers  Stab  Manager 

Baltimore — Norman  Ansell,  man- 
ager of  the  Lennox  Theater,  is  in 
South  Baltimore  General  Hospital 
recovering  from  stab  wounds.  Three 
men  accosted  Ansell  as  he  was  clos- 
ing his  theater  and  tried  to  rob  him. 
In  the  scuffle  he  was  severely  cut. 
One  suspect  has  been  arrested. 


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jnday,  July  18,  1938 


TUB 


DAILY 


.V  :<  R€VI€UIS  Of  TH6  IKUJ  FILfflS  -V  .V 


nil  Give  A  Million" 

iith    Warner    Baxter,    Marjorie    Weaver, 

Peter    Lorre,    Jean    Hersholt 
Hi-Fox  75   Mins. 

:AST-MOVING    COMEDY    WITH    CAP- 

■c     CAST     AND     GOOD     MATERIAL 

?M.D   PLEASE   ALL   AUDIENCES. 

TTIe  plot  of   the   picture   is   amusing   and 

ferent,    the    cast    is    good,    the    technical 

sects  of  the   picture   are   top   notch,   and 

II  Give  A  Million"  will  amuse  and  please 

y   type   of   audience.      Warner    Baxter   is 

•li    cast    as    the    millionaire    who    is    tired 

the    parasites    that    camp    on    his    trail. 

arjorie  Weaver  is  attractive,  capable  and 

freshing   as    the   circus    performer.      Peter 

rre    is    extremely    funny    as     a    half-wit, 

d   the   rest   of   the   cast   adequately   sup- 

rt    the    principals.       John    Carradine    has 

amusing    bit    and    J.    Edward    Bromberg 

es    justice    to    the    role    of    a    provincial 

*nch    newspaper    publisher.       Jean    Hers- 

It  is  fine   as   Miss  Weaver's  grandfather, 

t  doesn't   have   an   opportunity   to  display 

talents    to    any    great    extent.        Fritz 

Id  draws  a  number  of  laughs  as  the  cir- 

s    owner's    son.       Director    Walter    Lang 

reps   the    film    moving   at   a   snappy    pace, 

id    makes   the   most  of   every   one   of   the 

imedy     situations.        Kenneth     Macgowan 

tes  credit   as   the   associate   producer   and 

oris     Ingster     and     Milton     Sperling     get 

edit    for    the    screenplay.       Baxter,    a    mil- 

jnaire.    is    disillusioned    by    the    faithless 

jss  of  the   people   who  camp  on   his  trail. 

e    orders    his   yacht    to    sail,    but    as    it   is 

aving   port   he   jumps   overboard    to   rescue 

man    in    the    water.       Lorre,    a    half-wit, 

ad  tried  to  commit  suicide.     In  the  morn- 

g  when  Lorre  wakes  up  he  discovers  that 

axter    has   vanished    in    his   tramp's   clothes 

id    left    his    tails    and    a    big    role    of    bills 

ehind.     He  tells  the  story  to  a  newspaper- 

lan   and    relates    that    Baxter    had    said    he 

ould    give    a    million    francs    to    any    per- 

on  who  was  kind  to  him,  and  didn't  do  it 

i    the    hope    of    being    paid.       The    story 

reates    a    sensation    and    every    tramp    in 

awn  is  royally  entertained  by  the  populace, 

vith     tramps     arriving     from     all     over     the 

iviera.        Marjorie    befriends     Baxter    and 

fter   a   succession   of   mixups   and    amusing 

situations,    everything    is    straightened    out 

nd  they  get  married. 

CAST:  Warner  Baxter,  Marjorie  Weaver, 
ean  Hersholt,  John  Carradine,  Fritz  Feld, 
'eter  Lorre,  J.  Edward  Bromberg,  Sig 
lumann,  Christian  Rub,  Paul  Harvey, 
Zharles  Halton,  Frank  Reicher,  Frank  Daw 
on,  Harry  Hayden,  Stanley  Andrews,  Luis 
i>lberni,  Rafaela  Ottiano,  Georges  Renavent, 
tolfe  Sedan,   Eddie  Conrad. 

CREDITS:  Associate  Producer,  Kenneth 
ilacgowan;  Director,  Walter  Lang;  Screen- 
"■lay,  Boris  Ingster  and  Milton  Sperling; 
Based  on  a  story  by  C.  Zavattini  and  G. 
vlondaini;  Editor,  Louis  Loeffler;  Camera  - 
nan,   Lucien   Andriot. 

j    DIRECTION,    Good.        PHOTOGRAPHY, 
3ood. 


Balto.  Club  to  See  "Birth" 

Baltimore  —  "The  Birth  of  a 
Baby",  barred  in  many  States,  was 
not  submitted  to  the  Maryland  cen- 
sors, because  a  committee  of  local 
doctors,  at  a  private  showing,  dis- 
approved public  performances,  it  is 
reported.  Pix  however,  will  be 
shown  to  the  Free  State  Civic  Club 
here  and  their  guests  next  week. 


*   fOREIGI)   * 


"If  War  Comes 
Tomorrow" 

Amkino  62  Mins. 

MANEUVERS  OF  THE  SOVIET  ARMY 
WILL   INTEREST  THE   RUSSIAN    FANS. 

Devoted  to  an  unqualified  expression  of 
contempt  for  the  Fascist  and  Nazi  regimes, 
this  new  Russian  film  has  been  obviously 
designed  to  awaken  a  martial  spirit  in 
Soviet  citizens.  It  is  an  admirably  assem- 
bled compilation  of  factual  and  fictional 
war  material.  The  film  is  uncompromising 
in  its  denunciation  of  the  enemies  of  Rus- 
sia, while  at  the  same  time  it  pointedly 
pushes  the  fact  that  the  Red  Army  is  an 
army  that  is  a  force  of  defense,  rather 
than  one  for  aggression.  There  are  no 
cast  credits  given  with  the  picture,  and 
there  is  no  one  actor  who  has  any  real 
role,  rather  it  is  a  mass  affair  with  the 
whole  army  getting  the  credit.  There  is 
a  simulated  war,  with  the  enemy  plainly 
made  to  look  like  Nazi  forces.  The  propa- 
gandists side  of  the  film  is  slightly  ridicu- 
lous as  it  is  hard  to  believe  that  one 
grenade  of  Soviet  manufacture  could  de- 
stroy an  opposing  tank  while  the  red  tanks 
plough  forward,  unaffected  by  grenades  or 
heavy  shells  which  explode  on  them  and 
around  them.  Probably  of  greatest  inter- 
est in  the  picture,  are  the  scenes  taken  by 
Soviet  newsreelmen  at  the  last  army 
maneuvers.  After  looking  at  them  no  one 
can  doubt  the  formidable  strength  of  the 
red    army. 

CREDITS:  Produced  by  Mosfilm;  Direc- 
tor, Antsi-Polovski;  Scenario,  E.  Dzigan  and 
M.  Svetlov  and  G.  Berezko;  Musical  Direc- 
tors, The  Brothers  Pokrass.  Presented  at 
the  Cameo  Theater  with  Russian  and  Ger- 
man  dialogue   and    English   subtitles. 

DIRECTION,  Adequate.  PHOTOGRAPHY, 
0.  K. 


*  SHORTS  * 


"Pardon  My  Accident" 

with  Willie  Howard 

20th- Fox  17'/4    mins. 

Highly   Amusing   Short 

Willie  Howard  and  his  French 
accent  provide  plenty  of  laughs  in 
this  new  Educational  release.  How- 
ard, as  Professor  Pierre  Ginsbairge, 
is  his  usual  comic  self,  and  he  has 
been  provided  with  an  amusing 
story  by  Billy  K.  Wells.  Al  Christie 
produced,  and  George  Webber  gets 
credit  as  cameraman.  Howard,  an 
instructor  of  a  success  school,  leaves 
his  classes  and  tells  them  on  the 
way  out  that  nothing  falls  from  the 
sky  into  their  laps.  A  safe  almost 
drives  him  into  the  sidewalk  as  it 
falls  from  an  upper  window.  He  is 
immediately  in  severe  pain  when  he 
discovers  the  company  is  insured. 
However,  when  he  arrives  at  the 
hospital  he  is  mistaken  for  a  famous 
surgeon  and  gets  himself  into  a  jam 
when  the  surgeon  arrives  and  finds 


him  making  love  to  his  wife,  a  nurse. 
After  a  number  of  amusing  gags, 
Willie   finally  makes  his   escape. 


"Poor   Little   Butterfly" 

(A  Color  Rhapsody) 

Columbia  8  mins. 

Fair    Cartoon 

The  good  ship  turtle  arrives  in  the 
land  of  the  cherry  blossoms  where 
the  sailors  are  greeted  by  the  lovely 
maidens  on  shore.  A  little  butterfly 
greets  her  sailor  fondly  and  they 
are  going  to  get  married,  but  the 
ship  suddenly  sails.  However,  the 
sailor  is  washed  overboard  and  he 
swims  back  to  shore  and  forsakes 
the  navy  for  a  more  pleasant  life. 
The  film  is  done  in  Technicolor. 
Charles  Mintz  produced  and  Ben 
Harrison  directed. 


"Winner  Lose  All" 

With  Charles  Kemper 

20th-Fox  19  mins. 

Fair   Comedy   Number 

There  are  enough  laughs  in  this 
one  to  put  it  over.  Charles  Kemper, 
a  contest  nut,  is  engaged  to  be  mar- 
ried. However,  his  fiancee's  father, 
a  dour  Scotchman,  won't  hear  of  it 
until  he  suddenly  learns  that  Kem- 
per is  a  prize  winner.  The  wedding 
is  scheduled  to  take  place,  but  it  is 
called  off  when  the  company  giving 
the  contest  fools  Kemper  into  sign- 
ing a  release  paper.  He  wins  an- 
other contest  and  the  wedding  takes 
place,  but  his  father-in-law  finds  out 
that  all  he  won  was  a  tooth  brush. 
Everything  is  finally  worked  out  for 
the  newlyweds  and  everybody  is 
happy  but  the  father-in-law,  who 
has  had  to  pay  the  wedding  bills. 
William  Watson  directed,  and  George 
Webber  filmed  this  new  Educational 

short.  

"Night  Intruder" 

(Your    True    Adventure) 

Vitaphone  14  mins. 

Interesting  True  Life  Story 

The  latest  of  the  Floyd  Gibbons 
true  adventure  series  has  plenty  of 
chills  and  thrills.  He  relates  the 
incident  of  a  holdup  in  a  house  in 
New  Jersey.  There  are  four  women 
playing  bridge,  and  the  hostess' 
mother  is  asleep  in  an  upstairs  room. 
A  neighbor's  son  sees  a  thief  climb 
a  balcony  and  enter  a  second  story 
window.  The  boy's  mother  phones 
the  hostess  of  the  bridge  parry  and 
tells  her  about  it,  but  warns  her  to 
keep  quiet.  At  the  same  time  the 
police  are  notified,  and  they  arrive 
in  time  to  catch  the  thief,  with  no 
harm  done  to  the  mother,  and  the 
only  damage  a  few  chills  for  the 
bridge    players.      Joseph    Henabery 

directed.  

"Cinderella   Meets   Fella" 

(Merrie    Melody) 

Vitaphone  7  mins. 

Amusing   Cartoon 

Burlesquing  the  story  of  Cinde- 
rella, this  cartoon  has  plenty  of 
laughs.  Cinderella  calls  for  the 
fairy  godmother,  and  the  police 
finally  locate  her  after  her  three  sis- 
ters have  gone  to  the  ball.  There 
are  a  few  amusing  mistakes   made 


by  the  fairy  godmother  before  she 
gets  the  coach  ready,  but  Cindy  final- 
ly gets  there.  The  prince  is  a  very 
amusing  character  and  the  following 
sequence  has  some  good  gags.  The 
prince  sets  out  to  find  her  the  next 
day  and  discovers  her  in  a  neighbor- 
hood theater,  and  they  both  stay  to 
see  the  show.  Leon  Schlesinger 
produced. 


"Music   with   a   Smile" 

(Melody    Master) 

Vitaphone  10  mins. 

Good   Band   Number 

Happy  Felton  and  his  orchestra 
provide  a  tuneful  10  minutes  of  en- 
tertainment in  this  new  Vitaphone 
release.  Bob  Robinson  and  Virginia 
Martin  do  two  neat  dance  numbers 
and  "The  Three  Reasons"  sing  two 
catchy  song  numbers.  Felton  sings 
one  engaging  piece  about  his  secre- 
tary's visit  to  Cuba.  The  short  has 
good  music,  isn't  too  long  and  gen- 
erally possesses  good  entertainment 
value. 


"Fistic  Fun" 

Columbia  9'/2   mins. 

Good    Sport   Number 

Although  there  are  plenty  of 
laughs  in  this  short,  the  idea  is  put 
over  forcefully  that  boxing  is  not 
only  a  good  means  of  defense,  but 
also  a  fine  sport  and  good  exercise. 
Ford  Bond  gives  an  interesting  nar- 
ration. There  arc  matches  between 
female  pugilists,  small  kids  and 
golden  glovers.  Good  for  laughs  is 
a  blindfold  free-for-all  in  the  navy. 
The  golden  glove  and  navy  boxing 
bouts  carry  plenty  of  punch  and  the 
action  is  plenty  fast  throughout,  with 
knockouts  and  knockdowns  the  order 

of  the  day.       

"City  Slicker" 

(Scrappy  Cartoon) 

Columbia  6   mins. 

So  So  Cartoon 

Scrappy,  the  city  slicker,  goes  to 
visit  his  cousin  out  in  the  country. 
He  is  one  of  those  boys  that  carry 
electrical  buzzers  in  the  palm  of 
their  hand,  and  water-squirting 
bouquets  in  their  button  hole.  How- 
ever, when  Scrappy  arrives  on  the 
farm  he  discovers  that  his  cousin  is 
not  so  dumb  and  suffers  several 
indignities  at  his  hands  which  even 
them  up.  Finally  he  sees  that  he  is 
off  on  the  wrong  foot  and  he  de- 
cides to  behave  himself.  Charles 
Mintz   produced. 


"Porky  and   Daffy" 

(Looney  Toon  Cartoon) 

Vitaphone  7   mins. 

Fair   Cartoon 

Porky  Pig  is  the  manager  for 
Daffy  Duck,  a  fighter.  The  champion 
comes  to  town  and  an  offer  of  $500 
is  made  for  any  person  that  can 
stay  ten  rounds  with  him.  Daffy 
and  Porky  arrive  at  the  arena  and 
hop  into  the  ring  when  the  referee 
asks  for  challengers.  Daffy  has 
some  zany  tactics  as  a  fighter,  but 
he  finally  wears  the  champ  out  and 
knocks  him  cold.  Leon  Schlesinger 
produced. 


10 


0l\  DAILY 


Monday,  July  18,  1951 


WB39-WK.  OPERATING 
PROFIT  $3,282,765 


{Continued  from  Page   1) 

amortization  and  depreciation  of 
properties,  normal  Federal  income 
taxes,  and  Federal  surtaxes  on  un- 
distributed profits,  was  $8,432,- 
787.64. 

During  the  period  there  were 
credits  aggregating  $1,504,247.70 
made  directly  to  Earned  Surplus 
(Deficit). 

The  net  of  $3,282,765  is  equal  to 
$31.83  per  share  on  the  preferred 
and  80  cents  per  share  on  the  com- 
mon. It  is  stated  that  103,107 
shares  of  preferred  were  outstand- 
ing on  May  28.  Dividends  in  arrears 
on  the  preferred  as  at  June  1  last 
amounted  to  $24.0625  per  share.  Af- 
ter deducting  shares  of  common  held 
in  the  treasury,  outstanding  common 
on   May  28  totaled  3,701,090. 

The  consolidated  balance  sheet 
notes  these  inventories  under  cur- 
rent and  working  assets: 

Released  productions,  at  cost  less 
amortization,  $9,958,457.05;  produc- 
tions completed  but  not  released,  at 
cost,  $7,304,557.64;  productions  in 
progress  and  charges  to  future  pro- 
ductions, at  cost,  $2,677,772.75; 
rights  and  scenarios  unproduced,  at 
cost  less  reserves  of  $306,281.48, 
$1,625,212.35;  raw  materials,  acces- 
sories, supplies,  etc.,  at  cost  or  less, 
$457,901.32. 

Capital  surplus  on  May  28  was 
$57,094,330.74  as  compared  with 
$57,044,330.74  on  Aug.  28,  1937. 

Total  amount  of  optional  6  per 
cent  convertible  debentures,  series 
due  1939,  outstanding  at  May  28, 
was  $29,987,000.  There  is  included 
under  current  liabilities  a  net 
amount  of  $574,015  of  these  deben- 
ture obligations  representing  the 
balance  of  purchase  fund  require- 
ment due  Aug.  1,  it  is  declared. 

Total  of  428,706  shares  of  common 
stock  are  reserved  for  conversion  of 
$29,987,000  principal  amount  of  op- 
tional 6  per  cent  convertible  deben- 
tures, series  due  1939,  and  for  the 
payment  of  interest  thereon  to  ma- 
turity in  common  stock. 


Lynn  Farnol  Takes  Over 

UA  Ad  Dept.  Post  Today 

{Continued  from  Page   1) 

former  Eastern  press  representative 
for  Samuel  Goldwyn,  will  step  into 
his  new  role  as  head  of  UA's  pub- 
licity department. 

Carl  Kreuger,  who  has  been  in 
charge  of  exploitation  until  the  re- 
alignment was  announced  last  week, 
is  expected  to  be  assigned  to  a  dis- 
trict post.  Meyer  Beck  remains  as 
Washer's   aide. 


Eye 


yeing  New  WB  Theater 

Pittsburgh — Harry  Kalmine,  zone 
manager  for  Warner  Theaters,  and 
his  assistant,  C.  J.  Latta,  are  on  a 
visit  to  State  College,  to  inspect  the 
new  theater  Warners  have  under 
construction   there. 


THE  WEEK  IN  REVIEW 

N.  D.  Divorce  Law  Upheld — Brit.  Pix  to  Metro 


DOMESTIC 

{Continued  from  Page   1) 

ter  divorcement  action  in  that  state 
was  upheld  by  a  statutory  court.  In 
its  decision,  court  ruled  that  North 
Dakota  had  the  right,  under  its 
police  powers,  to  enact  the  law,  but 
in  no  way  was  there  any  reflection 
on  the  operation  methods  of  the 
Minnesota  Amusement  Co.  and 
American  Amusement  Co.  in  the 
state.  Paramount  and  its  theater 
subsidiaries,  it  is  believed,  will  ap- 
peal to  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court. 

*  *         * 

In  the  wake  of  Will  H.  Hays' 
statement  on  Thursday,  in  an  ad- 
dress delivered  at  the  Ampa  Awards 
luncheon  at  the  Waldorf,  that  "a 
great  new  campaign  of  intensive  ad- 
vertising" was  needed  by  the  in- 
dustry, majors'  proxies,  sales  mana- 
gers, and  publicity-ad  directors  met 
on  Friday  to  discuss  preliminary 
plans  to  this  end.  Metro,  via  Howard 
Dietz,  took  four  out  of  five  firsts  in 
the  Ampa  Awards,  with  remaining 
top  spot  going  to  UA  via  Monroe 
Greenthal. 

*  *         * 

Joseph  M.  Schenck,  off  on  the  Nor- 
mandie  at  mid-week  for  Europe,  de- 
clared 20th-Fox  earnings  for  the 
first  six  months  of  1938  should  ap- 
proximate same  figures  as  a  year 
ago.  He  stated  that  business  should 
be  excellent  next  season.  "Every  in- 
dication points  to  it,  and  I  think  it 
is  picking  up  now,"  he  added. 

On  Tuesday,  coincident  with  meet- 
ing of  UA's  directorate,  it  was 
learned  that  company's  budget  for 
the  1938-39  program  would  approxi- 
mate $30,000,000,  representing  com- 
bined production  costs  of  the  six 
UA  producers,  plus  the  Douglas 
Fairbanks,  Sr.,  single  contribution, 
reported  set  for  making  in  Holly- 
wood this  autumn.  Maurice  Silver- 
stone,  on  his  return  from  England 
early  in  the  week,  said  deals  are 
pending  whereby  two  important 
British  producers  are  likely  to  be 
added  to  company's  roster. 

*  *         * 

Contract  of  O.  Henry  Briggs  as 
prexy  of  Pathe  Film  was  renewed 
for  a  three-year  term  at  an  ad- 
journed meeting  of  the  company's 
board  .  .  .  Will  H.  Hays,  following 
current  study  of  the  plan  now  being 
worked  out  by  distribs.  trade  prac- 
tice committee,  headed  by  Sidney  R. 
Kent,  is  expected  to  announce  de- 
tails early  this  week  .  .  .  National 
body  of  Allied  declared  in  a  bulletin 
that  38  pix  announced  by  majors 
for  release  in  1937-38  were  held  over 
and  are  advertised  on  the  1938-39 
programs  .  .  .  Washington  flashed 
word  that  National  Economic  Com- 
mittee, if  it  deems  such  course 
necessary,  will  avail  itself  of  the 
industry  anti -trust  data  recently  as- 
sembled by  the  Department  of  Jus- 
tice and  now  awaiting  scrutiny  by 
the  Attorney-General  .  .  .  National 
working  agreement  twixt  AF  of  A 
and  AF  of  M  loomed  as  a  probabil- 


ity .  .  .  Earle  W.  Hammons,  Edu- 
cational prexy,  left  New  York  for 
the  Coast  to  confer  with  Loyd 
Wright,  co-trustee  for  GN,  in  con- 
nection with  Hammons'  reported 
deal  for  control  of  GN,  and  to  at- 
tend a  Kent  Drive  sales  meeting  in 
both  L.  A.  and  Frisco  .  .  .  and  from 
New  Orleans  came  word  that  city's 
greatest  need  in  the  m.p.  field  cur- 
rently is  neighborhood  houses  that 
are  modern  and  constructed  for 
sound   films 


FOREIGN 

{Continued   from   Page    1) 

will  retain  distribution  rights  in 
U.S.  and  Canada.  It  was  also  de- 
clared by  a  cable  dispatch  from 
Britain's  metropolis  that  both  Spen- 
cer Tracy  and  Wallace  Beery  are 
scheduled  to  appear  in  pix  for  Melvo 

British  over  there. 

*  *         * 

Other  news  from  London  included 
GB's  financial  report  which  showed 
profit  of  $3,168,500.  This  represents 
a  slight  decline,  and  no  dividend  was 
declared  .  .  .  Story  published  in  the 
U.  S.  to  effect  that  Warners  and 
First  National  setups  in  Britain 
would  be  merged  was  emphatically 
denied  .  .  Herbert  Wilcox  was  re- 
ported considering  "certain  propo- 
sitions," but  at  present  is  not  pre- 
pared to  make  a  statement.  It  is 
understood,  however,  that  one  pro- 
posal issues  from  UA.  .  .  .  Marlene 
Dietrich,  in  association  with  Joseph 
von  Sternberg,  was  reported  as 
forming  a  British  company  to  pro- 
duce  at  least  one  feature  for  Kor- 

da's  London  Films. 

*  *         * 

Darryl  F.  Zanuck,  20th-Fox  pro- 
duction chief,  stated  in  Paris  that 
studios  alone  can't  build  business, 
and  that  exhibs.  "should  make  more 
of  an  effort  to  keep  pace  with  Holly- 
wood's   sincere    appreciation    of   the 

value  of  big  pictures." 

*  *         * 

Morton  A.  Spring,  assistant  man- 
ager of  the  Metro  international  or- 
ganization disclosed  that  a  company 
branch  will  be  established  in  the 
Far  East  with  headquarters  in  Sin- 
gapore, and  that  new  division  will 
be  in  charge  of  Maurice  "Red"  Sil- 

verstein. 

*  *         * 

Stockholm  checked  in  with  word 
that  move  to  tax  foreign  pix  profits 
in  Sweden  has  proven  unsuccessful. 


Goldstein  to  Represent 

"Magic  Eye"  in  New  York 

Ed  Goldstein,  former  Bank  Night 
distributor  in  New  York,  has  taken 
over  the  sales  and  distribution  of  the 
"Magic  Eye"  for  New  York  State 
and  Northern  New  Jersey.  "Magic 
Eye"  is  a  device  which  automatically 
snaps  a  picture  of  a  patron  as  he 
enters  a  theater.  It  is  owned  by 
Rice  Production  Co.  of  Chicago,  of 
which  C.  C.  Ezell,  former  sales  head 
for  Bank  Night,  is  sales  manager. 


FOREIGn  FIELD 


Most  Brit.  Films  Shown  in  19'i 

London — According  to  the  Boa 
of  Trade  more  British-made  filn 
were  shown  in  United  Kingdom  the; 
ters  during  the  year  ending  Sept.  3 
1937  than  in  any  year  unde: 
Cinematographic  Films  Act  of 
During  that  period  the  aggre] 
length  (including  repeated  perforn 
ances)  of  registered  films  shown  i 
Great  Britain's  theaters  was  42,726' 
000,000  feet  or  27.9  per  cent  of  a 
films  shown,  as  compared  with  39 
735,000,000  feet  the  preceding  yea. 
or  27.4  per  cent  of  all  films  showi 


JJU  CM 

regai 


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Gamma  Films  Formed 

London — Gamma  Films,  Ltd.,  ha 
been  formed  by  Roy  Kellino,  camera 
man,  director  and  producer,  his  wif< 
Pamela   Kellino,  and  James   Masor 
who    is    chairman    of   the    companj 
This  is  the  trio  which  has  been  oper4r 
ating    on    a    co-operative    basis    an 
whose    latest    picture,    "Deadwood, 
will  be  taken  over  by   Gamma.  A 
innovation    in    "Deadwood"    will    b 
that   only   the   leading  man   speaks 
Emotions  of  the  balance  of  the  casj^ 
will  be  expressed  by  special  musica 
effects     and     orchestral     work     fo  it 
which  Eric  Ansell  will  be  responsia'. 
ble. 


Circuits  Are  Cancelling 
Summer  Theater  Closing:! 

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tered,  a  week-end  survey  of  the  cirjp 
cuits  disclosed. 

A  number  of  circuit  owners  wh<* 
were    debating    the    advisability    o:  « 
closings  about  three  weeks  ago  havr 
decided  to  continue  operations,  anct 
other    circuits    have    cut    down    th(  . 
number  of  houses  they  had  scheduled 
for  closing. 

The  Skouras  circuit  originallj 
planned  to  shutter  13  houses  in  this  ; 
area,  but  to  date  have  only  closed  ' 
seven,  and  they  have  every  intention 
of  keeping  the  other  six  open,  an  ex-:: 
ecutive  told  The  Film  Daily.  Th< 
Brandt  circuit  has  kept  four  of  the 
12  houses  scheduled  for  closing  open,; 
and  those  four  houses  will  in  all 
probability  stay  open,  it  was  learned 

RKO  cancelled  three  closings  in 
Westchester,  the  operators  in  the 
three  houses  agreeing  to  salary  cuts 
for  the  summer.  Other  large  cir 
cuits,  such  as  Interboro,  have  noti 
closed  any  houses  and  have  no  plans  ii 
at  the  present  time  to  close  any, 
although  they  were  debating  the 
question  up  until  this  past  week. 

Nationally,  the  closings  have  not 
been  as  heavy  as  was  first  anticip- 
ated, with  the  larger  circuits  keeping   :i 
practically  all  houses  open  that  doj: 
not  regularly  darken  every  summer,  f- 

Exhibitors  in  the  Met  area  last:  j 
week  reported  that  business  was  >' 
holding  its  own  and  in  some  in- 
stances a  slight  improvement  had 
been  noted.  Business  nationally  is 
reported  to  be  better  than  anticip- 
ated. 


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FILE    COPY 


The  Daily  Newspaper 
Of  Motion  Pictures 
Now  Twenty   Years  Old 


L.  74,  NO.  15 


NEW  YORK,  TUESDAY,  JULY  19,  1938 


TEN  CENTS 


.oast  Expects  Merger  of  Educational-Grand  National 

1PPDA  BOARD  MAY  GET  AD  CAMPAIGN  DRAFT  TODAY 



^Iger  Approves  RKO's  Reorg,  Plan  With  Five  Changes 


Quick  Action 

.  .  .  on  ad  campaign 

=  By  CHESTER  B.  BAHN  = 


E  organized    industry's   prompt   accept- 
ance   of    Will    H.    Hays'    recommenda- 

that  it  inaugurate  "a  great  new  cam- 
n  of  advertising"  is  something  to  cheer, 
aturally  and  properly,  the  industry  is 
arily  concerned  with  what  the  forth- 
ing  national  campaign  will  accomplish 
the  box  office,  but  the  example  set  for 
;rican     business,     if     followed     through, 

prove  a  major  weapon  in  the  country's 
ent  war  on  the  Recession, 
'hen  Hays  told  Ampa,  "We  need  more. 

less,  advertising,"  he  was  not  speak- 
of  films  alone. 


PLANNING  a  concerted  campaign  for 
ie  early  Fall,  there  is  excellent  timing. 
;ss  all  the  signs  fail,  exhibitors  definite- 
can  anticipate  product  of  improved 
ity   with   the   advent   of  the    new   sea- 

But  that  is  not  all. 
usiness  leaders  and  economists  who 
ild  know  are  as  confident  that  the  Fall 
ths  will  bring  more  favorable  trade 
ces.  That  means  more  money  to  spend 
Ithe  masses  who  patronize  the  films.  .  . 

for  those  who,  as  yet,  do  not  with  any 
■-ee  of   regularity. 


IS  well  to  bear  in  mind,  as  the  cam- 
laign    takes    shape,    that    the    objective 
; j Id    be    something    more    than    the    re- 
ining of  the  old  pre-Recession  audience, 
s  indicated  that  there  are  approximate- 
16,000,000  persons  over   12  years  of  age 
(he  U.  S.  who  do  not  attend  a  film  the- 
more  than  five  times  a  year, 
dd    to    those    the    millions    more    who 
om   if   ever    patronize    the    movies,    and 
boast  of  an  estimated  weekly  attend- 
=  of  88,000,000  in   this  country  shrinks 
stature   as   an    achievement. 
'he  job,  obviously,  cannot  be  performed 
the    MPPDA   alone.       It   calls   for   will- 
effort  all  along  the  line,  down  to  and 
uding  "the   little   fellow." 

o 

IS  important  to  note  that  the  Amer- 
:an  campaign  will  have  a  parallel  in  the 
linion,  where  a  national  "Go  to  the 
<ries  Week"  is  set  for  Sept.  19-24  under 

(Continued  on  Page  2) 


Book   Value   of  Corporation's 

Assets   Listed   at 

$23,213,795 

Reorganization  of  RKO  moved  a 
step  towards  accomplishment  yes- 
terday when  George  W.  Alger,  spe- 
cial master,  closed  his  hearings,  long 
in  progress,  and  approved  the  plan 
sponsored  by  Atlas  Corp. 

Alger  informed  counsel  that  he 
proposed  to  sumit  five  amendments 
to  the  plan  in  placing  his  report  be- 

(Continucd  on  Page  6) 


BRITISH-AUSTRALIAN 
EXHIBS.  PLAN  GO-OP. 


"With  a  feasible  working  plan 
formulated  for  the  Cinematograph 
Exhibitors  Association  to  exchange 
with  the  Australian  theater  opera- 
tors all  data  that  is  pertinent  to  ex- 
hibitors,   we    should    be    able    to    do 

{Continued   on   Page    10) 


Allport  Sees  Better  Deal 

for  Exhibitors  in  Britain 


"With  differences  between  the 
KRS  and  CEA  satisfactorily  adjust- 
ed,  the   problems   of   the   exhibitors 

'Continued  on   Page    12) 


46  Pix  in   Worh 

West  Coast  Bur.,  THE  FILM  DAILY 
Hollywood  —  Forty-six  pictures  are 
now  in  production  with  Paramount  and 
Warner  Bros,  making  eight  each  fol- 
lowed by  M-G-M  with  seven.  20th 
Century-Fox  is  making  six,  RKO  five, 
Universal  and  Republic  three  each,  and 
Columbia  two.  Goldwyn,  Roach,  Mono- 
gram and  Sherman  are  credited  with 
one    each. 


WALL  ST.  HEARS  W-B 
REFUNDING  PLAN  DUE 


While  no  official  confirmation  was 
forthcoming,  it  was  reported  in  Wall 
St.  circles  yesterday  that  Warners 
will  shortly  announce  a  plan  for  re- 
funding $29,412,985  of  6  per  cent 
convertible  debentures  due  Sept.  1, 
1939.  It  was  said  that  the  plan, 
as  contemplated,   would  involve   ex- 

(Continucd   on    Page    12) 

Deutsch  Reported  Eyeing 

Theater  Field  in  Canada 


London  (By  Cable)  —  If  Oscar 
Deutsch  goes  through  with  the  proj- 
ect, which  has  been  occupying  his 
attention    for    some    time    and    for 

(.Continued  on  Page  6) 


Coast  Looks  for  Educational-GN  Deal 
Announcement  Before  End  oftheWeek 


Three  More  Offices  Sign 

Republic  Five-Year  Pact 

Chicago,  Indianapolis  and  Mil- 
waukee are  the  three  latest  offices 
to  sign  Republic's  new  five-year 
franchise  agreement,  according  to 
an  announcement  made  today  by 
James  R.  Grainger,  president  of  the 
company.  Deal  is  effective  as  of  July 
1. 

Irving    W.    Mandel,    president    of 

(Continued  on  Page  6) 


West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood — Conferences  held  here 
last  week  between  E.  W.  Ham- 
nons,  president  of  Educational,  and 
Loyd  Wright  and  Edward  L.  Alper- 
son,  co-trustees  of  Grand  National, 
are  expected  to  result  in  a  merger 
of  the  two  companies,  it  was  indi- 
cated here  yesterday.  All  signs  point 
to  a  consummation  of  the  deal  with 
an  announcement  likely  to  be  made 
this  week. 

Whether    Nat    Levine    will    par- 

(Continued  on  Page  6) 


Hays,    Dietz   to   Work   With 

N.  M.  Schenck  on  Drive 

on  West  Coast 

First  draft  of  a  comprehensive 
plan  for  a  concerted  industry  ad- 
vertising drive,  as  recommended  by 
Will  H.  Hays,  MPPDA  prexy  in  his 
Ampa  talk  last  week,  may  be  ready 
for  submission  to  the  Haysian  board 
of  directors  at  a  meeting  tentative- 
ly scheduled  for  today,  it  was  re- 
ported last  night,  following  a  meet- 
ing of  industry  leaders  in  the  of- 
fice of  George  J.  Schaefer  at  the 
United    Artists    home    office. 

Independent  distributors,  it  is  un- 
derstood, will  be  included  in  the 
campaign's  activities,  although  they 
(Continued  on  Page    11) 

B-K  TAKES20TH-F0X 
PIX  FOR  NEXT  SEASON 


Deal  with  Balaban  &  Katz  circuit 
to  play  complete  1938-39  lineup  of 
20th-Fox  product  has  been  closed, 
with  both  the  "loop"  houses  and  all 
subsequents  set  to  playing  the  com- 
pany's feature  product,  newsreel  and 
shorts    100   per   cent,   William   Geh- 

(Continued  on   Page    12) 

N.  D.  Law  Gives  30  Days 

to  Dispose  of  Holdings 

Fargo,  N.  D. — When  and  if  the 
North  Dakota  theater  divorcement 
act,  constitutionality  of  which  was 
upheld   last   week  by  a  three-judge 

(Continued   on   Page    10) 


No,  Sir,  Not  John 

Sheila  Barrett  noted  mimic,  who  will 
be  starred  in  a  series  of  RKO  Pathe 
shorts  this  fall,  reported  yesterday  upon 
her  arrival  from  England  on  the  Queen 
Mary  that  when  she  did  her  impression 
of  how  John  Cielgud  would  do  the 
"Dipsy  Doodle,"  if  he  did,  she  was 
informed  the  next  day  by  "certain  peo- 
ple" in  London  that  Mr.  Cielgud  was 
the  greatest  living  Shakespearean  actor, 
and  "HE  would  not  DO  the  'Dipsy 
Doodle'." 


"<?!{< 


Tuesday,  July  19, 


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9-7117,  9-7118,  9-7119,  9-7120,  9-7121.  Cable 
Address:  Filmday,  New  York.  Hollywood, 
California— Ralph  Wilk,  6425  Hollywood 
Blvd.,  Phone  Granite  6607.  London — Ernest 
W.  Fredman,  The  Film  Renter,  127-133  War- 
dour  St.,  W.  I.  Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, 
Rauchstr,  4.  Paris  —  P.  A.  Harle,  La 
Cinematographie  Francaise,  Rue  de  la  Cour- 
des-Noues,    19. 


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MILES 

Public  Projection  Rooms 

Two  Private  Theaters    Latest  Projection  Equipment 

Air   Conditioned — Night    Screenings 

Ample  Seating  Capacity 

Cutting    Rooms  Vanlt    Space 

InHpection    Delivery    Service 
-■ZU  Seventh  Ave.  BRyant  9-5600 


Quick  Action 

.  .  .  on  ad  campaign 

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the  sponsorship  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Branch  of  the  Toronto  Board  of  Trade. 
Nor  is  that  all.  Recent  British  cables  in- 
dicate a  similar  move  is  under  discussion 
in  the   United  Kingdom. 


Hear  Mannix,  Weingarten 
in  Loew  Stockholders  Suit 


Schwartz'  Trip  Not  to  Oppose 
UA's  Profit-Sharing  Plan 

West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood  —  Attorney  Charles 
Schwartz,  counsel  for  Charles  Chap- 
lin, denies  published  reports  that 
the  purpose  of  his  present  trip  was 
to  protest  for  Chaplin  against  the 
profit-sharing  plan  that  includes 
United  Artists  producers  who  are 
not  owner-members  of  the  corpora- 
tion as  well  as  owner-members. 
Schwartz  will  leave  Friday  for  New 
York. 


Gomis,  Paramount  Spanish 

Executive,  Dead  at  60 

J.  Vidal  Gomis,  secretary  and 
acting  managing  director  for  Para- 
mount in  Spain,  died  yesterday  in 
Barcelona  of  a  lung  disease,  accord- 
ing to  a  cable  received  by  the  com- 
pany's foreign  department.  Gomis 
was  about  60  years  old  and  had  been 
head  of  Paramount's  activities  in 
Spain  since  1936. 


West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE   FILM   DAILY 

Hollywood  Edgar  J.  Mannix  and 
Larry  Weingarten  were  questioned 
at  Loew's,  Inc.,  deposition  hearing 
yesterday  in  the  suit  brought  by  11 
stockholders  seeking  to  oust  12  ex- 
ecutives. Mannix  explained  his 
duties  as  head  of  production  and 
also  gave  an  explanation  of  the 
profit  -  sharing  system  at  M-G-M. 
Weingarten  explained  the  functions 
of  a  producer  as  distinguished  from 
directors  and  the  executive  group. 
Sam  Katz,  Benjamin  Thau  and 
Harry  Rapf  will  be  examined  to- 
day. The  deposition  hearings  are 
expected  to  be  completed  by  the 
end   of  this  week. 


Wants  Correct  Southern 
Talk  in  "Gone  With  Wind" 


Atlanta  —  The  Atlanta  Georgian 
yesterday  opened  a  campaign  to  get 
correct  Southern  English  in  "Gone 
With  the  Wind"  by  publishing  a 
front  page  letter  for  its  readers  to 
sign.  The  letter  is  a  protest  on  the 
exaggerated  "honey  chile"  type  of 
lingo  and  the  incorrect  use  of  "you 
all."  It  is  addressed  to  Norma 
Shearer  and   Clark   Gable. 


Chicago  Majestic  May 

Become  Newsreel  House 


Chicago — The  Majestic  Theater, 
on  Monroe  Street,  owned  by  the 
Lehman  estate  and  formerly  the 
home  of  RKO  vaudeville,  which  has 
been  dark  for  some  time  now,  is 
under  consideration  by  a  Chicago 
group  for  newsreel   operation. 


N.  Y.  Interests  Reported 

in  Deal  for  B-K  Oriental 


Chicago — Deal  for  the  Oriental 
Theater  by  New  York  interests  is 
reported    under    consideration. 

House  was  closed  recently  by  B 
&  K  which  holds  a  sub-lease  from 
the  Oriental  Theater  Co. 


Vaude  Back  in  Akron 

Akron,  O.  —  Vaudeless  several 
weeks,  Palace  here  will  return  to 
stage  bills  Friday  when  Horace 
Heidt  and  his  orchestra,  plus  sev- 
eral vaude  turns,  open  a  four-day 
engagement.  House  has  been  main- 
taining a  double  feature  first-run 
policy  for  the  past  several  weeks, 
in  the  absence  of  stage  units. 


Curfew  Loses  by  One  Vote 

Ashland,  Wis. — By  a  vote  of  10 
to  9,  the  common  council  tabled  a 
proposed  curfew  ordinance  provid- 
ing that  children  under  16  years  of 
age  would  not  be  permitted  in  pub- 
lic between  9:15  p.m.  and  5  a.m. 


Eight  Warner  Chicago 

Houses  Testing  Singles 

Chicago — Eight  Warner  theaters 
in  this  territory  are  on  a  single 
feature  basis  for  the  next  few  weeks 
as  a  test.  "Test  Pilot"  and  "In  Old 
Chicago"  will  be  featured,  to  start 
the  new  single  feature  campaign. 


Max  Golden  With  "U" 

West    Coast   Bureau    of    THE    FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood — -Universal  has  signed 
Max  D.  Golden  as  a  producer.  Form- 
erly with  20th  Century-Fox  where 
he  originated  and  produced  the 
"Jones  Family"  series,  Golden's  first 
Universal  assignment  will  be  the 
second  of  its  college  pictures, 
"Swing  That  Chair."  He  will  also 
produce  "Exposed,"  new  title  for 
"Candid   Camera   Girl." 


Schlesinger  Signs  Thorson 

West    Coast  Bureau    of    THE   FILM    DAILY 

Hollywood — Leon  Schlesinger  has 
signed  Charles  Thorson  to  a  five-year 
contract  as  a  character  model  to 
work  on  his  "Looney  Tunes"  and 
"Merrie  Melodies."  Thorson  was 
formerly  connected  with  Walt  Dis- 
ney. 


cominc  fino  goi 


First  Stage  Show  In  Mos. 

Milwaukee,  Wis — Fox's  Palace  is 
observing  anniversary  week  with  a 
stage  show,  the  first  in  many 
months.  Attraction  is  Toby  Wing 
and  her  "Movieland  Revels." 


UMPTO  Meets  Thursday 

Philadelphia  —  UMPTO's  meeting 
to  discuss  distrib.  moves  for  a  trade 
program  is  now  set  for  Thursday. 


Q 


ELLIOTT  NUGENT,  director,  who  reel 
npleted  work  on  Paramount's  "Give  rv  I 
ilor,"    will    arrive    in    New    York    Wedn  I 


WILL    HAYS    goes    back    to    Hollywood    I 

EARLE    W.    HAMMONS,    president    of    E 
tional,    returned   yesterday   from   the   Coast. 

EDWARD    SMALL,    United    Artists    produc 
here     from     Hoil/wood     for    a     week's    stay 

TREM     CARR     and     SCOTT     DUNLAP     ai 
New    York    fcr     the     Monogram     board 
slated     for     Thursday. 

HOWARD  DIETZ,   M-C-M  ad  chief,  leave 
day   for   the   Coast. 

WILLIAM     GEHRING,     central    division 
ager    for    20th     Century-Fox,     returned     to 
home    office    yesterday    from    Chicago. 

ELLIOTT     NUGENT,     director,     who     rec 
com 
Sail 

on    vacation    after    an    auto     trip    from     h 
wood. 

EDDIE    ALBERT,   actor,    now   playing    in 
ners    "Brother    Rat,"    will    return    East    in    ; 
three    weeks    to    go    into    the    new    Rodgers 
Hart     musical     which     George     Abbott     wil 
next    Fall. 

MORT    BLUMENSTOCK,     in    charge    of 
ners    publicity,    advertising    and    exploitatic 
the     East,    arrived     in     Hollywood    yesterday! 
studio     conferences     with     Charlie     Einfeld 
Bob    Tapiinger. 

SAM  CLARK,  Warner  Bros,  exploit}" 
representative  in  Chicago,  returns  to  Chi 
this    week    after    conferences    at    the    studi 

ANNABELLA,     20th     Century-Fox    star    ar' 
this    afternoon    at    Newark    Airport.       She     I 
tomorrow   aboard    the   Queen    Mary   for   a   v 
tion    in    France. 

ETHEL  MERMAN,  20th-Fox  star,  will  a  I 
in    New    York    Thursday,    instead    of    today.  ' 

RUD  LOHRENZ,  acting  mid-west  dis 
manager  for  Warner  Bros.,  left  yesterday 
his  headquarters  in  Chicago.  Lohrenz  has 
in  New  York  for  the  past  week  in  confer 
with  Ben  Kalmenson,  Western  and  Sout 
sales    manager   of   Warner    Bros. 

CHARLES  SCHWARTZ,  attorney  for  Ch 
Chaplin,   leaves   the  Coast   Friday   for   New  ^ 


Small  May  Drop  "Duke" 

Due  to  Death  of  Du 


Edward  Small's  first  picture  : 
United  Artists,  which  was  schedu 
to  have  been  "The  Duke  of  W 
Point"  may  be  changed  because 
the  death  of  Jack  Dunn,  Sn 
stated   yesterday   in   New   York. 

The  UA  producer  said  that  an 
nouncement  regarding  his  first  1 1 
ture  and  other  details  regarding 
season's   plans   will   be   made   so ; 
time  this  week.     Dunn,  who  was 
have  had   a   starring  role,   in   '" 
Duke  of  West  Point,"  died  in  Hoi 
wood  Friday. 


Best  wishes  from   THE   FILM   DAILY  to 

the      following      on      their      birthday: 

JULY   19 

Merlin  H.  Aylesworth 

Edward  Sloman 


VARIETY  Calls  It 


■mHBBfl 


AN  UN 


"   FILM  DAILY  Calls  It 


A  PICTU 


M.  P.  DAILY  Calls  It 


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NEW  TOP  FOR  ROBINSON! 


DAILY  VARIETY  Calls  It 


THE  SCREEN'S  MOST  FASCINATING  CRIME  STORY! 


HOLLYWOOD  REPORTER  Calls  It 


A  PERFECT  BOX-OFFICE  HIT! 


NATIONAL  EXHIBITOR  Calls  It 


A  MONEY-MAKER!  BOGART  SENSATIONAL! 


L.  A.  TIMES  Calls  It 


A  BREATH-TAKING  FILM! 


L.  A.  EXAMINER  Calls  It 


THE  ANSWER  TO  THE  EXHIBITOR'S  PRAYER! 


WARNERS  Call  It 


Dr.  CLITTERHOUSE! 


A  SMASH  ANYTIME-A  SUP 


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{-SMASH  NOW! 


'Robinson's  support  couldn't  be  better!' 

L.  A.  TIMES 

CLAIRE  TREVOR 

HUMPHREY  BOGART 

ALLEN  JENKINS 

DONALD  CRISP  •  GALE  PAGE  •  an  ANATOLE  LITVAK  prod  n 

Screen  Play  by  John  Wexley  &  John  Huston  •  From  Play  by  Barre  Lyndon  •  First  National  Pict. 


TOGETHER  ON  THE 

AIR!  The  weekly 'Big 
Town'  program  starring 
Robinson  and  Claire 
Trevor  wins  2nd  highest 
Crosley  rating  for  most 
popular  evening  dramatic 
show !  Millions  are  ready  to 
see  them  TOGETHER 

ON  THE  SCREEN! 


YOU 

GET 

ACTION 

FROM 

WARNER 

BROS. 


DAILY 


Tuesday,  July  19,  19: 


COAST  EXPECTS  MERGE 
OF  EDUCATIONAL-GN 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

ticipate  in  the  merger  is  not  known, 
but  it  is  believed  he  may  make  a 
group  of  pictures  for  release  through 
the   merged   companies. 


E.  W.  Hammons  returned  to  New 
York  yesterday  from  the  Coast  but 
was  silent  on  the  reported  Educa- 
tional-Grand National  deal.  He  de- 
parted for  his  home  shortly  after  his 
arrival   at   the   Educational   office. 


Three  More  Offices  Sign 

Republic  Five- Year  Pact 

(Continued  from  Page   1) 

Republic  Pictures  Corporation  of  Il- 
linois, signatured  the  agreement. 
Grainger   signed  for   Republic. 

Dallas,  Oklahoma  City,  Little 
Rock,  San  Francisco,  Los  Angeles, 
New  York  and  Philadelphia  are 
other  offices  already  in  line,  with 
further  announcements  to  follow  in 
a  day  or  two,  according  to  Grainger. 


Deutsch  Reported  Eyeing 

Theater  Field  in  Canada 


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which  surveys  have  been  made,  for 
operating  theaters  overseas,  Canada 
will  likely  be  the  first  country  in 
which  he  will  acquire  theaters,  it 
is  stated  here. 

Other  English-speaking  countries 
will  likely  follow  and  then  later  per- 
haps foreign  countries,  Egypt  being 
named  as  likely  to  be  the  first. 
Deutsch's  inquiries  into  the  possi- 
bilities of  expanding  his  Odeon 
circuit  overseas  is  still  in  progress. 


World's  New  Swedish  Pix 

Signe  Hasso,  young-  Swedish  star, 
who  has  received  several  bids  from 
Hollywood,  will  be  seen  in  the  U.  S. 
in  "Witch  Night,"  Swedish  talking 
film,  which  World  Pictures  Corp. 
will  release  early  next  season. 


Asher  Replaces  Scully 

Boston — Harry  Asher  has  been 
named  manager  of  Grand  National 
Pictures  here  succeeding-  John  Scul- 
ly, who  has  resigned.  Asher  has  op- 
erated an  independent  exchange. 


2C  YE4I}/  4GC 
IN    PICTURES 


From  THE  FILM  DAILY  for  Friday,  July  19, 
1918: 

BOSTON — Motion  Picture  Exhibitors'  League 
elects  Peter  J.  Schaefer  of  Jones,  Linick  b 
Schaefer,    Chicago,    as    president. 

WASHINGTON— Adolph  Zukor  and  John  C. 
Flinn  confer  with  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
McAdoo  on  the  films'  role  in  the  next  Liberty 
Loan    Drive. 

NW  YORK  —  Vitagraph  relinquishes  Anita 
Stewart   to    Louis    B.    Mayer   and   associates. 

Yes,  20   Years  is  a  Long   Time  in  Pictures! 


with  PHIL  M.  DAVY 


•  •      •     THERE'S  A  strong Hollywood  flavor to  the  cur- 
rent   straw    hat    season in    the    East or    haven't    you 

noticed? Film   "names"   of   both yesterday    and    today 

are    playing the    haymow    circuit f'r    instance Dorothy 

Mackaill is    at    Spring    Lake.    N.    J Maria    Gambarelli 

ballerina made    her    dramatic    debut last    night at    the 

Spa  theater,  Saratoga Madge  Evans goes  from  Suff ern  County 

Theater to  appear  Aug.   1 at  Raymond  Moore's  Cape  Play- 
house   in   Dennis,   Mass Helen   Hayes   appears   later at 

the  Suffern  County  Theater in  "The  Merchant  of  Venice" 

T  T  ▼ 

•  O      •     OTHERS  WITH  film  antecedents filling  summer 

theater   engagements include Sylvia   Sidney Elissa 

Landi Fay    Wray Leon    Janney Bert    Lytell 

Betty  Furness Frankie  Thomas Phoebe  Foster Phil 

Baker Lois     Wilson Fred     Stone Glenda     Farrell 

Mary    Brian Nancy    Carroll Arthur    Bryon 

Jane    Wyatt Pauline    Lord Cecilia    Loftus Lenore 

Ulric Hal   LeRoy Onslow    Stevens Taylor   Holmes 

Eddie   'Nugent Erin    O'Brien-Moore Kay    Strozzi 

Everett   Marshall Kitty    Carlisle Admittedly    that 

roster is  incomplete but  it  will  give  you some  idea. 


•  •      ...  •     WITH    A   show   headed   by Betty    Barnes.    Buck   & 

Bubbles,   Jack  Powell,   George   Prentiss   and   others United   Artists' 

"Night   in    Algiers" . . was   presented   for   charity    last   night    at    the 

Versailles  Club at  a  late  hour  it  looked  as  if  about  300  would  be 

on  hand Guests  and  waiters  all  wore  fezes with  a  general 

Algerian    motif in    decorations    and    entertainment 

T  ▼  ▼ 

•  •      •     TWENTIETH  CENTURY-FOX will  be  host 

at  the  Hollywood  theater tonight at   an   Eastern   press 

preview of  "Alexander's  Ragtime  Band" World  premiere 

has   been  definitely   set for   the   Roxy   theater on 

Friday,  Aug.  5 and  the  Darryl  F.  Zanuck  epic will  be 

nationally  released on  Aug.  19 Very  swanky  pasteboards 

for    tonight's    preview in    gold    and    black colors 

must  be  symbolic plenty  of  gold for  distrib.  and  exhibs 

and  black  entries in  all  ledgers 

▼  T  T 

•  •      •     MORE  or  less  personal  .  .  .   •     Fred  Kopp Universal 

studio's advertising  art  director copped  third  prize  in 

the    Personality    Housebuilding    contest conducted     by the 

Woman's  Home  Companion  .  .  .    •     Jean  H.  Lenauer of  Lenauer 

International has    a    right to    feel    proud of    that    deal 

which  puts  "The  Pearls  of  the  Crown" into  45  Loew  houses 

in  the  metropolitan  area it's  the  first  foreign  pix to  be 

so  taken since  "Mayerling"  .  .  .    •     John  Jay  Caslman and 

Harry    Minkoff who    stirred    interest with    their    WABC 

"Youth  on  Parade" are  hard  at  work on  a  pix  script  .  .  .   • 

Armand  Denis producer  of  Universal's "Dark  Rapture" 

addressed  the  International  Dance  Congress at  the  Hotel  Paramount 

last  night 

T  T  ▼ 

•  •      •     A   GRAND  turnout is  assured for  the  first 

Fabian  Theaters golf  tournament Thursday 

at  the  Preakness  Hills Country  Club Paterson,  N.J 

note    that    the    date is    Thursday and    not    today.    .    .    . 


RKO'S  REORG.  PLAN 
GIVEN  ALGER'S  OKA 


(Continued  from  Page   1) 

fore   Federal   Judge   William   Bone 
about  Aug1.   1. 

The    amendments    to    be    recor 
mended  are: 

(1)  Both  classes  of  stock,  pre- 
ferred and  common,  are  to  ha\  " 
cumulative    voting    privileges: 

(2)  Present  debenture  hold- 
ers to  be  entitled  to  one  share 
of  preferred  and  five  of  common, 
or  they  may  take  one  and  four- 
tenths  of  preferred  for  each 
$100  debenture  held.  This  is  op- 
tional. 

(3)  The  Atlas  Corp.  propon- 
ent of  the  amended  plan,  has 
agreed  to  underwrite  the  new 
stock.  The  referee  demands  a 
written  agreement  to  this  effect. 

(4)  If  an  issue  of  new  deben- 
tures is  desired,  the  corpora- 
tion must  actively  get  the  con- 
sent of  50  per  cent  of  the  pre- 
ferred stockholders. 

(5)  Revision  of  the  proposals 
for  the  joint  operation  by  RKO 
and  Rockefeller  Center,  Inc.,  of 
Radio  City  Music  Hall  and  the  ij 
Center  Theater,  through  a  ,l9 
seven-man  commitee,  for  a  12- 
year  period.  Objections  to  the  U 
modifications  of  this  agreement 
will  be  received  by  the  Special  |jf 
Master   on   Monday. 

The  Special  Master  listed  tht 
"book  value"  of  the  assets  of  tin 
corporation  at  approximately  $23, it 
213,795  for  the  2,365,518  outstand-j; 
ine  shares  under  the  amended  planiti 
This  gives  an  approximate  value  oij. 
$10.19  to  each  share  of  stock,  ac-]o 
cording  to  the  calculation  of  thej;i 
Special    Master. 

Judee  Bondy  has  a  hearing  in  S 
the  RKO  reorg.  matter  scheduled  p 
for   Thursday. 


Educators  At  Astor  Hear 

Milliken  Praise  Museum 


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Addressing  several  hundred  edu- 
cators from  throughout  the  country 
at  the  Astor  Theater  yesterday  af- 
ternoon. Gov.  Carl  E.  Milliken  of 
the  MPPDA  called  Metro's  "Marie 
Antoinette"  museum,  housed  there, 
a  "pioneer  piece  of  work"  and 
stressed  the  educational  value  of 
the  exhibit  as  an  "unparalleled  ef- 
fort." The  educators,  graduate  sum- 
mer school  students  at  Columbia, 
New  York  University  and  Hunter 
College,  represented  every  corner  of 
the  nation. 


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Okla.  Biz  Better 

Oklahoma  City  —  Grosses,  after  bad 
drops  of  as  low  as  25  per  cent  of  normal 
in  some  out-of-the-way  spots,  are  slow- 
ly ascending.  B.o.'s  at  first-runs  local- 
ly have  been  down  to  55  and  60  per  , 
cent  of  normal,  with  last  weeks'  and 
current  week's  biz  showing  a  definite 
upturn. 


lay,  July  19,  1938 


1HI 


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DAILY 


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"Army  Girl" 

th  Madge  Evans,  Preston  Foster, 

Neil    Hamilton 
ic  80    Mins. 

(HOLLYWOOD    PREVIEW) 
€LLENT      ENTERTAINMENT 
1ST      AN      ARMY      BACKGROUND 
.D    SCORE    IMPRESSIVELY. 

It's    excellent    entertainment,    which 
.lighted    by    a    race    between    army 
to  determine  whether  the  army  post, 
is    the    background     of    the    story. 
be    mechanized.      George    Nicholls, 
s   turned   in   splendid   direction,   while 
Siegel  rates  credit  as  executive  pro- 
and    Armand    Schaefer    as    associate 
■er.   The   acting   throughout   is   excel- 
Barry    Trivers    and    Samuel    Ornitz 
;d    an     interesting